Antonyms for pleasant


Grammar : Adj
Spell : plez-uhnt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈplɛz ənt


Definition of pleasant

Origin :
  • late 14c. (early 14c. as a surname), from Old French plaisant "pleasant, pleasing, agreeable" (12c.), present participle of plaisir "to please" (see please). Pleasantry has the word's modern French sense of "funny, jocular." Related: Pleasantly.
  • adj acceptable; friendly
Example sentences :
  • Yet the voice of Plato would be pleasant to my ears, as music on the waters in the night-time.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • That he was constantly cheerful proved the matter of his musings to be pleasant.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • His countenance is mild and pleasant, and has a highly intellectual expression.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • We must now close our sketch of those diversified and pleasant volumes.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • She had gone back to bed and fallen promptly into a pleasant sleep.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • However, when we rise to go, it is well after midnight, and I am in a pleasant daze.
  • Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
  • The tree gave a pleasant shade, and he had thrown his sombrero on a chair.
  • Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
  • When cross, which she was sometimes, though very rarely, she tried to be pleasant.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • Miss Vavasor continued the most pleasant and unexacting of guests.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • Well, it is pleasant to be able to help those less fortunate than ourselves.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

Synonyms for pleasant

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