pleasant

Pronunciation: /ˈplɛz.ənt/

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings
  2. adjective (of persons) having pleasing manners or behavior

Etymology

From Middle English plesaunte, from Old French plaisant. By surface analysis, please + -ant. Related to Dutch plezant (“full of fun or pleasure”). Partly displaced Old English wynsum, which became Modern English winsome.

In classic literature

Semantic network

Similar
dulcet, enjoyable, beautiful, idyllic
Opposite (antonyms)
unpleasant

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