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Fires can't be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work lightens effort and turns even labor into pleasant tasks.
James A. Baldwin

Meaning of "pleasant" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PLEASANT

From Old French plaisant, from plaisir to please.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PLEASANT

pleasant  [ˈplɛzənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PLEASANT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pleasant is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PLEASANT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

pleasant

Pleasure

Pleasure describes the broad class of mental states that humans and other animals experience as positive, enjoyable, or worth seeking. It includes more specific mental states such as happiness, entertainment, enjoyment, ecstasy, and euphoria. In psychology, the pleasure principle describes pleasure as a positive feedback mechanism, motivating the organism to recreate in the future the situation which it has just found pleasurable. According to this theory, organisms are similarly motivated to avoid situations that have caused pain in the past. The experience of pleasure is subjective and different individuals will experience different kinds and amounts of pleasure in the same situation. Many pleasurable experiences are associated with satisfying basic biological drives, such as eating, exercise, sex or defecation. Other pleasurable experiences are associated with social experiences and social drives, such as the experiences of accomplishment, recognition, and service. The appreciation of cultural artifacts and activities such as art, music, and literature is often pleasurable.

Definition of pleasant in the English dictionary

The first definition of pleasant in the dictionary is giving or affording pleasure; enjoyable. Other definition of pleasant is having pleasing or agreeable manners, appearance, habits, etc. Pleasant is also merry and lively.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PLEASANT


accusant
əˈkjuːzənt
Besant
ˈbɛzənt
bezant
ˈbɛzənt
bezzant
ˈbɛzənt
brisant
ˈbriːzənt
cicatrisant
ˌsɪkəˈtraɪzənt
cognisant
ˈkɒɡnɪzənt
cognizant
ˈkɒɡnɪzənt
complaisant
kəmˈpleɪzənt
doesn´t
ˈdʌzənt
hasn´t
ˈhæzənt
isn´t
ˈɪzənt
omnipresent
ˌɒmnɪˈprɛzənt
peasant
ˈpɛzənt
pheasant
ˈfɛzənt
present
ˈprɛzənt
recusant
ˈrɛkjʊzənt
unpleasant
ʌnˈplɛzənt
wasn´t
ˈwɒzənt
wisent
ˈwiːzənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PLEASANT

pleasable
pleasance
Pleasant Island
pleasantly
pleasantness
pleasantries
pleasantry
please
please oneself
pleased
pleased to meet you
pleased with
pleasedly
pleaseman
Pleasence
pleaser
pleasing
pleasingly
pleasingness
pleasurability

WORDS THAT END LIKE PLEASANT

antidepressant
argus pheasant
croissant
degreasant
depressant
displeasant
en passant
golden pheasant
immunosuppressant
incessant
malfeasant
Maupassant
Ouessant
passant
pissant
puissant
ring-necked pheasant
sant
Stuyvesant
versant

Synonyms and antonyms of pleasant in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PLEASANT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «pleasant» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of pleasant

Translation of «pleasant» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PLEASANT

Find out the translation of pleasant to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pleasant from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pleasant» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

令人愉快的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

agradable
570 millions of speakers

English

pleasant
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सुखद
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سَارّ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

приятный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

agradável
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মনোরম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

agréable
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menyenangkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

angenehm
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

楽しい
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

유쾌한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nyenengake
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dễ chịu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இனிமையான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आनंददायी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hoş
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

piacevole
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przyjemny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

приємний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

plăcut
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ευχάριστος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

aangename
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

angenäm
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

trivelig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pleasant

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PLEASANT»

The term «pleasant» is very widely used and occupies the 7.302 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of pleasant
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «pleasant».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PLEASANT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pleasant» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pleasant» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pleasant

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10 QUOTES WITH «PLEASANT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word pleasant.
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Louisa May Alcott
Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be delightful, old age will bring few regrets, and life will become a beautiful success.
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James A. Baldwin
Fires can't be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work lightens effort and turns even labor into pleasant tasks.
3
Ann Beattie
While I would agree that I write about serious subjects, and that they're not necessarily the most pleasant subjects or even the most pleasant people, as a writer I just think about the humorous aspects of these things - that's what keeps me going when I'm writing a story.
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Saint Bernard
Truly, love is delightful and pleasant food, supplying, as it does, rest to the weary, strength to the weak, and joy to the sorrowful. It in fact renders the yoke of truth easy and its burden light.
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Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Nothing is more pleasant than to see a pretty woman, her napkin well placed under her arms, one of her hands on the table, while the other carries to her mouth, the choice piece so elegantly carved.
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William Cullen Bryant
A beautiful city is Richmond, seated on the hills that overlook the James River. The dwellings have a pleasant appearance, often standing by themselves in the midst of gardens. In front of several, I saw large magnolias, their dark, glazed leaves glittering in the March sunshine.
7
Earl Butz
Teaching was the most pleasant thing I did.
8
Meg Cabot
No matter how nice the company one might be with, however, it is never pleasant to have a rifle pointed at one's back.
9
Caryl Chessman
I am not generally regarded as a pleasant or socially minded fellow.
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Alexa Chung
I'm not 100% nice all the time, so I find it quite hard to be really pleasant.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PLEASANT»

Discover the use of pleasant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pleasant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Death Bringer (Skulduggery Pleasant, Book 6)
Meet Skulduggery Pleasant: detective, sorcerer, warrior. Oh yes. And dead.
Derek Landy, 2011
2
The Faceless Ones (Skulduggery Pleasant, Book 3)
Meet Skulduggery Pleasant: detective, sorcerer, warrior. Oh yes. And dead.
Derek Landy, 2009
3
Skulduggery Pleasant:
Together for the first time, books 1, 2 and 3 in the biggest, funniest, most thrilling comedy-horror-adventure series in the universe!
Derek Landy, 2013
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Kingdom of the Wicked (Skulduggery Pleasant, Book 7)
The seventh instalment in the biggest, funniest, most thrilling comedy-horror-adventure series in the universe...
Derek Landy, 2012
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Mortal Coil (Skulduggery Pleasant, Book 5)
Meet Skulduggery Pleasant: detective, sorcerer, warrior. Oh yes. And dead.
Derek Landy, 2010
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Skulduggery Pleasant: Playing with Fire
Skulduggery and Valkyrie are facing a new enemy: Baron Vengeous, who is determined to bring back the terrifying Faceless Ones and is crafting an army of evil to help him.
Derek Landy, 2011
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A Fine and Pleasant Misery
More witty cautionary tales of outdoor life, by everybody's favorite expert on the subject, Patrick F. McManus.
Patrick F. McManus, Jack Samson, 1981
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Mount Pleasant: My Journey from Creating a Billion-Dollar ...
Entrepreneur Steve Poizner has run a billion dollar company, but the greatest challenge of his life was the year he spent teaching twelfth graders at San Jose's Mt. Pleasant High School.
Steve Poizner, 2010
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Small Books and Pleasant Histories: Popular Fiction and Its ...
Dr Spufford's book examines the profits made by these publishers, the scale of their operations, and the way the 'small books' were distributed throughout the country.
Margaret Spufford, 1985
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Plays Pleasant
Although Shaw intended Plays Pleasant to be gentler comedies than those in their companion volume, Plays Unpleasant, their prophetic satire is sharp and provocative.
George Bernard Shaw, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PLEASANT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pleasant is used in the context of the following news items.
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FATES WARNING: Deluxe Reissue Of 'A Pleasant Shade Of Gray …
A three-CD/DVD deluxe reissue of the critically acclaimed 1997 album "A Pleasant Shade Of Gray" from progressive metal legends FATES ... «BLABBERMOUTH.NET, Jul 15»
2
Police: 1 dead, 5 injured after crash near Lake Pleasant
Officials said three individuals were seriously injured, and three others were also injured after a crash near Lake Pleasant. One of those ... «ABC15 Arizona, Jul 15»
3
PowerPoint 2016 for Mac review: New interface and features make …
PowerPoint for Mac 2016 is powerful and pleasant to use. Whether you should use it over Keynote depends on the features you need. «Macworld, Jul 15»
4
Jerry's Jobs: Cleaning up at Point Pleasant Beach
POINT PLEASANT BEACH – It's 7:05 a.m., the sun is gleaming over the Atlantic Ocean, and the beach boys are hustling. On a Monday morning ... «Asbury Park Press, Jul 15»
5
Mount Pleasant woman bitten by shark off Edisto Island
The 35-year-old Mount Pleasant woman had a small cut on the top of her foot and two puncture wounds on the bottom of her foot. She was ... «ABC NEWS 4, Jul 15»
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Nate Ulrich: Browns could use pleasant surprises from Vince Mayle …
Nate Ulrich: Browns could use pleasant surprises from Vince Mayle, Terrelle Pryor with group of pass catchers in need of boost. By Nate Ulrich «Akron Beacon Journal, Jul 15»
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Point Pleasant Elks fluke tourney won by 9.6 pounder
Todd Jacubik, Sea Bright, caught a 9.6-pound fluke aboard the Pol Aqua to win the 21st Annual Point Pleasant Elks Fluke Tournament. «Asbury Park Press, Jul 15»
8
Rand Paul headlining event with SC veterans in Mount Pleasant
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (AP) — Republican presidential contender Rand Paul is returning to South Carolina for a campaign event focused on ... «WCBD News 2, Jul 15»
9
Mount Pleasant Police host National Night Out
MOUNT PLEASANT, SC – Mount Pleasant Police Department will ... The Mount Pleasant Fire Department will also be there with their fire trucks ... «WCBD News 2, Jul 15»
10
'Magic Flute' full of pleasant charm
Cooperstown. "The Magic Flute" at the Glimmerglass Festival is a sparkling pageant, mixing together mystery, romance and comedy. The new ... «Albany Times Union, Jul 15»

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