pleasing

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpliːzɪŋ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈplizɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -iːzɪŋ

From Middle English plesynge, pleizinge, plesende (present participle), equivalent to please +‎ -ing.

pleasing (comparative more pleasing, superlative most pleasing)

1. Agreeable; giving pleasure, cheer, enjoyment or gratification.

• enjoyable
• gratifying
• satisfying

• pleasing fungus beetle

pleasing

1. present participle of please.

From Middle English plesing, plesinge (“satisfaction; pleasing”), equivalent to please +‎ -ing.

pleasing (countable and uncountable, plural pleasings)

1. pleasure or satisfaction, as in the phrase "to my pleasing."
   • Isaac Barrow

     What more palpable confutation can there be of human vanity and arrogance, of all lofty imaginations, all presumptuous confidences, all turgid humours, all fond self-pleasings and self-admirings, than is that tragical cross […]

• apelings, elapsing, leapings, pealings