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.

2. Etymology: From plaisant.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. PLEASANTadjective

   Etymology: plaisant, French.

   1. Delightful; giving delight.

   The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
   Make instruments to scourge us. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   What most he should dislike, seems pleasant to him;
   What like, offensive. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   How good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell in unity! Psalms.

   Verdure clad
   Her universal face with pleasant green. John Milton.

   2. Grateful to the senses.

   Sweeter thy discourse is to my ear,
   Than fruits of palm-tree pleasantest to thirst. John Milton.

   3. Good humoured; cheerful.

   In all thy humours, whether grave or mellow,
   Thou’rt such a touchy, testy, pleasant fellow. Addison.

   4. Gay; lively; merry.

   Let neither the power nor quality of the great, or the wit of the pleasant prevail with us to flatter the vices, or applaud the prophaneness of wicked men. John Rogers, Sermons.

   5. Trifling; adapted rather to mirth than use.

   They, who would prove their idea of infinite to be positive, seem to do it by a pleasant argument, taken from the negation of an end, which being negative, the negation of it is positive. John Locke.

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

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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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. Thomas DiMaio:

   She was a very pleasant woman, very friendly.

2. 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.

3. H.L. Mencken:

   Say what you will about the Ten Commandments, you must always come back to the pleasant fact that there are only ten of them.

4. Ellen Saracini:

   When we arrived in Austin it was muggy and hot, but for the days of the guests coming to celebrate, it was unseasonably cool and pleasant, just to return to hot and muggy once it was over, [Victor] was there, you just need to look for the signs. No hand to hold, but I smile and feel him in my heart.

5. 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.

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