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UK
/plˈɛzənt/
]
[ US /ˈpɫɛzənt/ ]
[ US /ˈpɫɛzənt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings
a pleasant scene
we had a pleasant evening together
pleasant sensations -
(of persons) having pleasing manners or behavior
I didn't enjoy it and probably wasn't a pleasant person to be around
How To Use pleasant In A Sentence
- OK, the steering is a little foggy, but the wheel unquestionably feels pleasant under the fingers. Times, Sunday Times
- The carbonation is a little heavier than what I normally expect in a stout, but not unpleasantly so. Miasmatic Review
- Should we no do a little what you call shopping for the babies, and haf a farewell feast tonight if I go for my last call at your so pleasant home?" he asked, stopping before a window full of fruit and flowers. Little Women
- While San Mateo is a pleasant destination for home shopping and browsing, it also has excellent restaurants and cafes.
- Then the pleasant little surprises of all kinds that we imagined; and the pleasant looks that greet us when we condescend to accept them; the patience that can translate our most unwarrantable "crossness", because there has been some trifling difficulty in obtaining the half of a star or the corner of a moon which it had pleased us to require, into "such a good sign of being really better"; and then our appetite (which the gods know is at that season singularly keen), how is it not tempted with unutterable dainties and friande morsels, all sorts of amateur cookery in our behalf, where Love himself has not disdained to turn the spit, and look into the stewpan! and all served up so gracefully on the small tray, covered with its delicate white damask cloth, arraying with more than mortal charms the moulds of crystal jelly and pure-looking blanc mange! Zoe: The History of Two Lives
- Unpleasant weather conditions prevailed and the players slithering on the greasy surface was a common occurrence.
- We put through a couple of days pleasantly enough, after our hardish bit of work. Robbery Under Arms
- Put all the fruit in a saucepan on a gentle heat and add a couple of tablespoons of caster sugar and a slug of something pleasantly alcoholic such as brandy, whisky or even sherry.
- The unpleasant truth is that hiding behind private ownership only hides the fall in value from people who choose not to look.
- I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions