| slovo | definícia |
pleasing
(mass) | pleasing
- atraktívny |
pleasing
(encz) | pleasing,milý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
pleasing
(encz) | pleasing,příjemný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Pleasing
(gcide) | Pleasing \Pleas"ing\, n.
An object of pleasure. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Pleasing
(gcide) | Please \Please\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pleased; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pleasing.] [OE. plesen, OF. plaisir, fr. L. placere, akin
to placare to reconcile. Cf. Complacent, Placable,
Placid, Plea, Plead, Pleasure.]
1. To give pleasure to; to excite agreeable sensations or
emotions in; to make glad; to gratify; to content; to
satisfy.
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I pray to God that it may plesen you. --Chaucer.
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What next I bring shall please thee, be assured.
--Milton.
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2. To have or take pleasure in; hence, to choose; to wish; to
desire; to will.
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Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he. --Ps.
cxxxv. 6.
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A man doing as he wills, and doing as he pleases,
are the same things in common speech. --J. Edwards.
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3. To be the will or pleasure of; to seem good to; -- used
impersonally. "It pleased the Father that in him should
all fullness dwell." --Col. i. 19.
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To-morrow, may it please you. --Shak.
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To be pleased in or To be pleased with, to have
complacency in; to take pleasure in.
To be pleased to do a thing, to take pleasure in doing it;
to have the will to do it; to think proper to do it.
--Dryden.
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Pleasing
(gcide) | Pleasing \Pleas"ing\, a.
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.
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Syn: Gratifying; delightful; agreeable. See Pleasant.
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pleasing
(wn) | pleasing
adj 1: giving pleasure and satisfaction; "a pleasing piece of
news"; "pleasing in manner and appearance" [ant:
displeasing]
n 1: the act of one who pleases |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
pleasing
(mass) | pleasing
- atraktívny |
be pleasing
(encz) | be pleasing,líbit se |
displeasing
(encz) | displeasing,popuzující Jaroslav Šedivý |
displeasingly
(encz) | displeasingly, adv: |
pleasing
(encz) | pleasing,milý adj: Zdeněk Brožpleasing,příjemný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
pleasingly
(encz) | pleasingly,příjemně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
pleasingness
(encz) | pleasingness, n: |
unpleasing
(encz) | unpleasing, |
unpleasingness
(encz) | unpleasingness, n: |
Displeasing
(gcide) | Displease \Dis*please"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Displeased; p.
pr. & vb. n. Displeasing.] [OF. desplaisir, whence F.
d['e]plaisir displeasure; pref. des- (L. dis-) + plaisir to
please. See Please, and cf. Displeasure.]
1. To make not pleased; to excite a feeling of disapprobation
or dislike in; to be disagreeable to; to offend; to vex;
-- often followed by with or at. It usually expresses less
than to anger, vex, irritate, or provoke.
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God was displeased with this thing. --1 Chron.
xxi. 7.
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Wilt thou be displeased at us forever? --Psalms
lxxxv. 5 (Bk.
of Com.
Prayer).
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This virtuous plaster will displease
Your tender sides. --J. Fletcher.
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Adversity is so wholesome . . . why should we be
displeased therewith? --Barrow.
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2. To fail to satisfy; to miss of. [Obs.]
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I shall displease my ends else. --Beau. & Fl.
Syn: To offend; disgust; vex; annoy; dissatisfy; chafe;
anger; provoke; affront.
[1913 Webster]Displeasing \Dis*pleas"ing\, a.
Causing displeasure or dissatisfaction; offensive;
disagreeable. -- Dis*pleas"ing*ly, adv. --
Dis*pleas"ing*ness, n. --Locke.
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Displeasingly
(gcide) | Displeasing \Dis*pleas"ing\, a.
Causing displeasure or dissatisfaction; offensive;
disagreeable. -- Dis*pleas"ing*ly, adv. --
Dis*pleas"ing*ness, n. --Locke.
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Displeasingness
(gcide) | Displeasing \Dis*pleas"ing\, a.
Causing displeasure or dissatisfaction; offensive;
disagreeable. -- Dis*pleas"ing*ly, adv. --
Dis*pleas"ing*ness, n. --Locke.
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Impleasing
(gcide) | Impleasing \Im*pleas"ing\, a.
Unpleasing; displeasing. [Obs.] --Overbury.
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Pleasingly
(gcide) | Pleasing \Pleas"ing\, a.
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.
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Syn: Gratifying; delightful; agreeable. See Pleasant.
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Pleasingness
(gcide) | Pleasing \Pleas"ing\, a.
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.
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Syn: Gratifying; delightful; agreeable. See Pleasant.
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Unpleasing
(gcide) | Unpleasing \Unpleasing\
See pleasing. |
displeasing
(wn) | displeasing
adj 1: causing displeasure or lacking pleasing qualities [ant:
pleasing] |
displeasingly
(wn) | displeasingly
adv 1: in a displeasing manner; "he made displeasingly cutting
remarks about his friends" |
pleasing
(wn) | pleasing
adj 1: giving pleasure and satisfaction; "a pleasing piece of
news"; "pleasing in manner and appearance" [ant:
displeasing]
n 1: the act of one who pleases |
pleasingly
(wn) | pleasingly
adv 1: in a pleasing manner; "the room was pleasingly large" |
pleasingness
(wn) | pleasingness
n 1: pleasant palatability [syn: pleasingness, tastiness]
2: an agreeable beauty that gives pleasure or enjoyment; "the
liveliness and pleasingness of dark eyes"- T.N. Carver [ant:
unpleasingness] |
unpleasing
(wn) | unpleasing
adj 1: lacking graciousness; "a totally graceless hostess" [syn:
graceless, unpleasing] |
unpleasingness
(wn) | unpleasingness
n 1: the quality of being unpleasant [ant: pleasingness] |
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