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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PLEASANT, a. plez'ant.
1. Pleasing; agreeable; grateful to the mind or to the senses; as a pleasant ride; a pleasant voyage; a pleasant view. Light is pleasant to the eye; an orange is pleasant to the taste; harmony is pleasant to the ear; a rose is pleasant to the smell.
How good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! Psalms 133.
2. Cheerful; enlivening; as pleasant society or company.
3. Gay; lively; humorous; sportive; as a pleasant companion.
4. Trifling; adapted rather to mirth than use.
5. Giving pleasure; gratifying.
This word expresses less than delightful, to the mind, and delicious, to the taste.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings; "we had a pleasant evening together"; "a pleasant scene"; "pleasant sensations" [ant: unpleasant]
2: (of persons) having pleasing manners or behavior; "I didn't enjoy it and probably wasn't a pleasant person to be around"

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Middle English plesaunt, from Anglo-French plaisant, from present participle of plaisir Date: 14th century 1. having qualities that tend to give pleasure ; agreeable <a pleasant day> 2. having or characterized by pleasing manners, behavior, or appearance • pleasantly adverb • pleasantness noun

Merriam Webster's

geographical name — see Nauru

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. (pleasanter, pleasantest) pleasing to the mind, feelings, or senses. Derivatives: pleasantly adv. pleasantness n. Etymology: ME f. OF plaisant (as PLEASE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pleasant Pleas"ant, n. A wit; a humorist; a buffoon. [Obs.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pleasant Pleas"ant, a. [F. plaisant. See Please.] 1. Pleasing; grateful to the mind or to the senses; agreeable; as, a pleasant journey; pleasant weather. Behold, how good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! --Ps. cxxxiii. 1. 2. Cheerful; enlivening; gay; sprightly; humorous; sportive; as, pleasant company; a pleasant fellow. From grave to light, from pleasant to serve. --Dryden. Syn: Pleasing; gratifying; agreeable; cheerful; good-humored; enlivening; gay; lively; merry; sportive; humorous; jocose; amusing; witty. Usage: Pleasant, Pleasing, Agreeable. Agreeable is applied to that which agrees with, or is in harmony with, one's tastes, character, etc. Pleasant and pleasing denote a stronger degree of the agreeable. Pleasant refers rather to the state or condition; pleasing, to the act or effect. Where they are applied to the same object, pleasing is more energetic than pleasant; as, she is always pleasant and always pleasing. The distinction, however, is not radical and not rightly observed.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(pleasanter, pleasantest) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Something that is pleasant is nice, enjoyable, or attractive. I've got a pleasant little apartment... It's always pleasant to do what you're good at doing. ADJ: oft it v-link ADJ to-inf, ADJ to-inf • pleasantly We talked pleasantly of old times... ADV: ADV with v, ADV adj 2. Someone who is pleasant is friendly and likeable. The woman had a pleasant face... ? unpleasant ADJ: oft ADJ to-inf

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Pleasing, agreeable, delightful, delectable, gratifying, grateful, pleasurable, acceptable, welcome. 2. Cheerful, gay, lively, sprightly, vivacious, merry, good-humored, enlivening, sportive. 3. Witty, facetious, humorous, jocose, jocular, sportive, amusing.

Moby Thesaurus

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