pleasing
UK/ˈpliːzɪŋ//ˈplizɪŋ/
pleasing adjective: agreeable; giving pleasure, cheer, enjoyment or gratification. Also the present participle and gerund of please.
Adjective
pleasing (comparative more pleasing, superlative most pleasing)
- Agreeable; giving pleasure, cheer, enjoyment or gratification.
- These two designs were neat and handsome, by modern standards, and very pleasing in appearance.1950 December, H. C. Casserley, “Locomotive Cavalcade, 1920-1950—6”, in Railway Magazine, page 843
- Elegant brick and stone buildings, with iron and glass canopies and decorative wooden scalloping and fencing—all evidencing care on the part of the architect to produce a pleasing, well-planned building—were submerged beneath a profusion of ill-conceived additions and camouflaged by vulgar paint...1962 October, Brian Haresnape, “Focus on B.R. passenger stations”, in Modern Railways, pages 250–251
- Synonyms:
- enjoyable, gratifying, satisfying, glad
Noun
pleasing (countable and uncountable, plural 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 […]a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number)”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn]...
Also used as
pleasing is also the present participle and gerund of please.
pleasing meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Sanskrit and Arabic
pleasing in Hindi
- giving pleasure
- मनोरम manoram
pleasing in Tamil
- மகிழ்ச்சியளிக்கிறது
pleasing in Sanskrit
- giving pleasure
- गूर्त gūrta
pleasing in Arabic
- giving pleasure
- سَارّ sārr
Examples of pleasing in a sentence
- The car was quite pleasing to the eye, but impractical.
- The proof of the theorem had a pleasing elegance.
- Of all the things that attracted her to the park, the timelessness of the ever-flowing river was most pleasing.
Synonyms of pleasing
Forms of pleasing
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more pleasing |
| superlative | most pleasing |
| Noun | |
| plural | pleasings |
Origin of pleasing
From Middle English plesynge, pleizinge, plesende (present participle), equivalent to please + -ing.
From Middle English plesing, plesinge (“satisfaction; pleasing”), equivalent to please + -ing.
Words formed from pleasing
Phrases with pleasing
Words that rhyme with pleasing
Questions about pleasing
- What does pleasing mean?
- Pleasing means agreeable; giving pleasure, cheer, enjoyment or gratification.
- What is pleasing in Hindi?
- Pleasing in Hindi is मनोरम (manoram). See Pleasing meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is pleasing?
- Pleasing can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce pleasing?
- Pleasing is pronounced /ˈpliːzɪŋ/ (UK).
Words near pleasing in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: pleasing (page history and authors); pleasing (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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