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a) The state or quality of being pleasant.
...to destroy the affections of truth, and thereby the pleasantnesses and happinesses of heaven...
b) Something pleasant.
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Pleasantness — Pleas ant*ness, n. The state or quality of being pleasant. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pleasantness — index amenity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
pleasantness — pleasant ► ADJECTIVE 1) giving a sense of happy satisfaction or enjoyment. 2) friendly and likeable. DERIVATIVES pleasantly adverb pleasantness noun. ORIGIN Old French plaisant, from plaisir please … English terms dictionary
pleasantness — noun 1. the feeling caused by agreeable stimuli; one pole of a continuum of states of feeling • Ant: ↑unpleasantness • Derivationally related forms: ↑pleasant • Hypernyms: ↑pleasure, ↑pleasance … Useful english dictionary
pleasantness-unpleasantness — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun : a continuum of states of feeling or of awareness of which pleasantness and unpleasantness are opposite poles especially in respect to the motivation of behavior … Useful english dictionary
pleasantness — noun see pleasant … New Collegiate Dictionary
pleasantness — See pleasantly. * * * … Universalium
pleasantness — Synonyms and related words: advantageousness, agreeability, agreeableness, amiability, auspiciousness, beneficialness, benevolence, benignity, blitheness, blithesomeness, brightness, cheer, cheerfulness, cheeriness, cheery vein, class, cogency,… … Moby Thesaurus
pleasantness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality of being pleasant and friendly: affability, agreeability, agreeableness, amenity, amiability, amiableness, congeniality, congen ialness, cordiality, cordialness, friendliness, geniality, genialness,… … English dictionary for students
pleasantness — pleas·ant·ness || plɪËzntnɪs n. geniality, niceness, agreeableness; amiability, kindness, friendliness … English contemporary dictionary
