Defn: One who pleases or gratifies.
PLEASING
Pleas"ing, a.
Defn: Giving pleasure or satisfaction; causing agreeable emotion;
agreeable; delightful; as, a pleasing prospect; pleasing manners.
"Pleasing harmony." Shak. "Pleasing features." Macaulay.
— Pleas"ing*ly, adv.
— Pleas"ing*ness, n.
Syn.
— Gratifying; delightful; agreeable. See Pleasant.
PLEASING
Pleas"ing, n.
Defn: An object of pleasure. [Obs.] Chaucer.
PLEASURABLE
Pleas"ur*a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of affording pleasure or satisfaction; gratifying;
abounding in pleasantness or pleasantry.
Planting of orchards is very . . . pleasurable. Bacon.
O, sir, you are very pleasurable. B. Jonson.
— Pleas"ur*a*ble*ness, n.
— Pleas"ur*a*bly, adv.
PLEASURE
Pleas"ure, n. Etym: [F. plaisir, originally an infinitive. See
Please.]
1. The gratification of the senses or of the mind; agreeable sensations or emotions; the excitement, relish, or happiness produced by the expectation or the enjoyment of something good, delightful, or satisfying; — opposed to Ant: pain, Ant: sorrow, etc. At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. Ps. xvi. 11.