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pleasantness

[ UK /plˈɛzəntnəs/ ]
NOUN
  1. the feeling caused by agreeable stimuli; one pole of a continuum of states of feeling
  2. the quality of giving pleasure
    he was charmed by the sweetness of her manner
    the pleasantness of a cool breeze on a hot summer day

How To Use pleasantness In A Sentence

  • It was a very simple matter to reverse this procedure, generally after some unpleasantness with the appropriate squadron and station commander.
  • They then rated the unpleasantness of the intrusive thought, their attempts to dismiss the thought from consciousness, and their perceived success in reducing the frequency of the thought.
  • Though actual schools, or colleges, or written lore, might not originally have had much to do with it, the continued practice of old, well-formed customs held them in "the ways their fathers walked in" and they found them those of "pleasantness" and true honor. Thaddeus of Warsaw
  • The visuals of the two of them put over a mood of desperation and unpleasantness that doesn't come over in the records so much - its better just to hear it.
  • Because she's in Auckland, and because it had been planned that I was going up there this coming weekend, I felt that I had to confront the issue right now, and avoid any unpleasantness later in the week or when I got up there.
  • The unpleasantness of this schism seems to have had a salutary effect on Tennent, who was more responsible for it than anyone else.
  • It is time to put behind all the disappointment and unpleasantness of the past 12 months, and get ready to begin the New Year with a resolution to always look at the brighter side of life.
  • They come up to gallery requirements by their "pleasantness" or the inoffensiveness of their style. Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets
  • ‘The only unpleasantness was a slightly oily feeling on your body when you got out of the water,’ he said.
  • There's a lot of pain, suffering and general unpleasantness in this world.
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