pleased
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pleased
- /pliːzd/
Rhymes with -iːzd
Where it comes from
From Middle English plesed, iplesed (past participle) and Middle English plesede (preterit), both equivalent to please + -ed.
adjective more pleased · most pleased
- Happy, content. She was pleased about her exam results.
- Agreeable, consenting (when referring to a monarch or other powerful person). The queen was pleased to accept the countess into her household as a lady-in-waiting.
verb
- simple past and past participle of please
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: happy, glad, proud, delighted, amused, diverted, bucked up, encouraged, entertained, gratified, proud of, content, gratifying, contented, satisfied, bliss
Translations
Every language
adj happy, content
| 日本語 | 嬉しい ureshii |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 高興 /高兴 gāoxìng |
| हिन्दी | मुदित mudit, हर्षित harṣit, संतुष्ट santuṣṭ, आह्लादित ख़ुश āhlādit |
| Português | contente, satisfeito |
| Français | content, satisfait |
| Deutsch | froh, zufrieden |
| Italiano | felice, lieto, contento, compiaciuto |
| Русский | дово́льный dovólʹnyj, ра́достный rádostnyj |
| Tiếng Việt | hân hạnh |
| العربية | مَسْرُور masrūr |
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