pleasing
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pleasing¹
- /ˈpliːzɪŋ/ UK
- /ˈplizɪŋ/ US
Rhymes with -iːzɪŋ
Where it comes from
From Middle English plesynge, pleizinge, plesende (present participle), equivalent to please + -ing.
adjective more pleasing · most pleasing
- Agreeable; giving pleasure, cheer, enjoyment or gratification. These two designs were neat and handsome, by modern standards, and very pleasing in appearance.
verb
- present participle and gerund of please.please
pleasing²
- /ˈpliːzɪŋ/ UK
- /ˈplizɪŋ/ US
Rhymes with -iːzɪŋ
Where it comes from
From Middle English plesing, plesinge (“satisfaction; pleasing”), equivalent to please + -ing.
noun pleasings
- pleasure or satisfaction, as in the phrase "to someone's pleasing." What more palpable confutation can there be of human vanity and arrogance, of all lofty imaginations, all presumptuous confidences, all turgid humours, all fond self-pleasings and self-admirings, than is that tragical cross […]
