Definitions for pleasant
ˈplɛz əntpleas·ant

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. pleasantadjective

   affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings

   "we had a pleasant evening together"; "a pleasant scene"; "pleasant sensations"

2. pleasantadjective

   (of persons) having pleasing manners or behavior

   "I didn't enjoy it and probably wasn't a pleasant person to be around"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. pleasantadjective

   Giving pleasure; pleasing in manner.

   Etymology: From plaisant.

Webster Dictionary(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Pleasantadjective

   pleasing; grateful to the mind or to the senses; agreeable; as, a pleasant journey; pleasant weather

2. Pleasantadjective

   cheerful; enlivening; gay; sprightly; humorous; sportive; as, pleasant company; a pleasant fellow

3. Pleasantnoun

   a wit; a humorist; a buffoon

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'pleasant' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3649

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'pleasant' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3492

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'pleasant' in Adjectives Frequency: #477

How to pronounce pleasant?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of pleasant in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of pleasant in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of pleasant in a Sentence

1. Emily Sarah:

   I'm a product of the U.S. university system, meaning I spent the better part of four years of my life drinking nauseatingly sweet grain alcohol mixed with Kool-Aid, needless to say, Fernet's herby freshness was a pleasant surprise and lacked the negative associations with the unpleasant consequences of sweet drinks.

2. Don Peppard:

   We had no idea what was going to happen to us, but whatever it was, it didn’t seem like it would be pleasant, at that point I felt like my life wasn’t going to be worth very much.

3. Martin Zvonicek:

   The water was warm. This was very pleasant, and a great performance by the soloists. This is something I will remember, don Giovanni.

4. Simone Weil:

   A test of what is real is that it is hard and rough. Joys are found in it, not pleasure. What is pleasant belongs to dreams.

5. Daniel Hamermesh:

   Texas is not doing any better now than California, california costs more to live in, but for many, you get what you pay for. The California coast is a much more pleasant place to live.

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