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pleasings

pleasings is the plural of pleasing.

Meaning of pleasing

Noun

pleasing (countable and uncountable, plural pleasings)

  1. 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]...

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Questions about pleasings

What is pleasings the plural of?
Pleasings is the plural of pleasing.

Words near pleasings in the dictionary

  1. pleasing lacewings
  2. pleasing on the eye
  3. pleasing to the eye
  4. pleasingly
  5. pleasingness
  6. pleasings
  7. Pleasington
  8. Pleasley
  9. pleasurability
  10. pleasurable
  11. pleasurableness

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