pleasant
/ˈplɛz.ənt/
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pleasant adjective: giving pleasure; pleasing in manner.
Adjective
pleasant (comparative more pleasant or pleasanter, superlative most pleasant or pleasantest)
- Giving pleasure; pleasing in manner.
- We had a pleasant walk around the town.
- It wasn't so hot outside, but pleasant enough to have lunch in the garden.
- Facetious, joking.
- [T]ell the pleasant prince this mock of his / Hath turn’d his balls to gun-stones […]1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
- […] I present you here with a merrie conceited Comedie, called the Shoomakers Holyday, acted by my Lorde Admiralls Players this present Christmasse, before the Queenes most excellent Maiestie. For the mirth and pleasant matter, by her Highnesse graciously accepted; being indeede no way offensiue.1600, Thomas Dekker, The Shoemaker’s Holiday, London: Dedication
Noun
pleasant (plural pleasants)
- A wit; a humorist; a buffoon.
- […] Galba was no better than one of the buffons or pleasants that professe to make folke merry and to laugh.1603, Philemon Holland, transl., The Philosophie, commonlie called the Morals written by the learned philosopher Plutarch of Chæronea, London, page 1144
- Yea, in the Courts of Kings and Princes, their Fools, and Pleasants, which they kept to relax them from grief and pensiveness, could not show themselves more dexterously ridiculous, than by representing the Quakers, or aping the motions of their mouth, voice, gesture, and countenance:1696, uncredited translator, The General History of the Quakers by Gerard Croese, London: John Dunton, Book 2, p. 96
Proper noun capitalized: Pleasant
Pleasant
- A surname.
- A township and unincorporated community therein, in Switzerland County, Indiana, United States.
- A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Pleasant Township.
pleasant meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
pleasant in Hindi
- giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
- सुहाना suhānā, सुखद sukhad, सुखदायी sukhdāyī, सुखदायक sukhdāyak
pleasant in Tamil
- மகிழ்ச்சியான இனிமையான
pleasant in Urdu
- pleasant
- خوش گوار xoś gavār, مزیدار mazedār, شیریں śīrī̃, خوب xūb, روچک rocak
- pleasant, agreeable
- میٹھا mīṭhā, قشنگ qaśaṅg
- pleasant, good
- خجیر xajīr
pleasant in Bengali
- giving pleasure; pleasing in manner
- আনন্দদায়ক anndodaẏok, খোশ khōś
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- pleasant in Malayalam
- പ്രസന്ന prasanna
- pleasant in Kannada
- ನೊಚ್ಚಿತು, ನೊಚ್ಚಿತ್ತು, ಹಿತವಾದ, ಆಪ್ಯಾಯಮಾನವಾದ
- pleasant in Punjabi
- مٹھا miṭṭhā, ਮਿੱਠਾ miṭṭhā
- pleasant in Sanskrit
- रुचि ruci, मधुर madhura, सुख sukhá, शुभ śubha
- pleasant in Assamese
- মিঠা mitha
- pleasant in Nepali
- रमाइलो ramāilo
- pleasant in Arabic
- سَارّ sārr, لَطِيف laṭīf, مُمْتِع mumtiʕ
- pleasant in Persian
- دلپذیر delpazir
- pleasant in Thai
- สนุก sà-nùk
- pleasant in Vietnamese
- dễ chịu
Examples of pleasant in a sentence
- Behold, how good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalm 133:1:
- The country is a vast deal pleasanter, is not it, Mr.1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter IX, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume I, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […]...
- I am sure he loses pleasanter companions than he can find in his own thoughts, either in his mouldy old office, or his dusty chambers.1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “Stave Three. The Second of the Three Spirits.”, in A Christmas Carol. […], London: Chapman & Hall, […]...
- “O Oysters, come and walk with us!” / The Walrus did beseech. / “A pleasant walk, a pleasant talk, / Along the briny beach:1871 December 27 (indicated as 1872), Lewis Carroll [pseudonym; Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found...
Synonyms of pleasant
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Forms of pleasant
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more pleasant |
| comparative | pleasanter |
| superlative | most pleasant |
| superlative | pleasantest |
| Noun | |
| plural | pleasants |
Origin of pleasant
From Middle English plesaunte, from Old French plaisant. By surface analysis, please + -ant. Related to Dutch plezant (“full of fun or pleasure”). Partly displaced Old English wynsum, which became Modern English winsome.
Words formed from pleasant
Phrases with pleasant
Words that rhyme with pleasant
Questions about pleasant
- What does pleasant mean?
- Pleasant means giving pleasure; pleasing in manner.
- What is pleasant in Hindi?
- Pleasant in Hindi is सुहाना (suhānā), सुखद (sukhad), सुखदायी (sukhdāyī). See Pleasant meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use pleasant in a sentence?
- Behold, how good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
- What part of speech is pleasant?
- Pleasant can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce pleasant?
- Pleasant is pronounced /ˈplɛz.ənt/.
Words near pleasant in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: pleasant (page history and authors); Pleasant (page history and authors); pleasant (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); خجیر (Urdu) (page history and authors); പ്രസന്ന (Malayalam) (page history and authors); pleasant (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); مٹھا (Punjabi) (page history and authors); मधुर (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); মিঠা (Assamese) (page history and authors); रमाइलो (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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