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pleasing

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pleas·ing  (plzng)
adj.
Giving pleasure or enjoyment; agreeable.
pleasing·ly adv.
pleasing·ness n.
pleasing [ˈpliːzɪŋ]
adj
giving pleasure; likable or gratifying
pleasingly  adv
pleasingness  n
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Noun1.pleasing - the act of one who pleases
gratification - the act or an instance of satisfying
Adj.1.pleasing - giving pleasure and satisfaction; "a pleasing piece of news"; "pleasing in manner and appearance"
attractive - pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm; "a remarkably attractive young man"; "an attractive personality"; "attractive clothes"; "a book with attractive illustrations"
beautiful - delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration; "a beautiful child"; "beautiful country"; "a beautiful painting"; "a beautiful theory"; "a beautiful party"
humorous, humourous - full of or characterized by humor; "humorous stories"; "humorous cartoons"; "in a humorous vein"
pleasant - affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings; "we had a pleasant evening together"; "a pleasant scene"; "pleasant sensations"
displeasing - causing displeasure or lacking pleasing qualities
pleasing
Translations
pleasing [ˈpliːzɪŋ] ADJ [manner] → agradable; [news] → grato; [result] → satisfactorio
aesthetically pleasing → agradable desde el punto de vista estético
pleasing to the ear/eye → grato or agradable al oído/a la vista
pleasing [ˈpliːzɪŋ] adj [view, climate, sight, colour, manner, effect, result] → agréable
it's pleasing to hear that they're doing so well → cela fait plaisir d'entendre que cela marche si bien pour eux
pleasing
adj → angenehm; sight → erfreulich; to be pleasing to the eye → ein netter Anblick sein; to be pleasing to the ear → sich angenehm anhören
pleasing [ˈpliːzɪŋ] adj (person) → simpatico/a; (news, sight) → piacevole, che fa piacere
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"To speak truth, and be skilful with bow and arrow"--so seemed it alike pleasing and hard to the people from whom cometh my name--the name which is alike pleasing and hard to me.
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context
In transcribing his notes and fortifying their claim to attention by giving them something of an orderly arrangement, I have conscientiously refrained from embellishing them with such small ornaments of diction as I may have felt myself able to bestow, which would not only have been impertinent, even if pleasing, but would have given me a somewhat closer relation to the work than I should care to have and to avow.
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It was a composition as soft and pleasing in one part as dark and gloomy and terrible in another.
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