# pleasing

Pronunciation: say "PLEE-zing" US /ˈplizɪŋ/, UK /ˈpliːzɪŋ/

## Adjective

1. Agreeable and giving a sense of pleasure, cheer, enjoyment, or satisfaction to those who experience it.
   - Simple: Enjoyable and giving someone a good, happy feeling.
   - _The room's layout was both practical and pleasing to the eye._
   - _Critics found the film's quiet, unhurried pacing surprisingly pleasing._

## Verb

2. Present participle and gerund of please. — present participle and gerund of please.
   - Simple: Present participle of please. Use this form for the ongoing act of making someone happy.
   - _The chef takes great pride in pleasing every diner who walks in._
   - _Pleasing a tough audience takes real skill and timing._

## Noun

3. Satisfaction or delight, especially in the phrase "to someone's pleasing," meaning to their liking.
   - Simple: A feeling of pleasure or being happy with how something is.
   - _The arrangement of the furniture was very much to her pleasing._
   - _Everything at the inn had been laid out to the guest's pleasing._

## Origin

**Meanings 1–2** — From Middle English plesynge, pleizinge, plesende, the present participle form, equivalent to "please" plus "-ing."
**Meaning 3** — From Middle English plesing, plesinge, meaning "satisfaction; pleasing," equivalent to "please" plus "-ing."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/pleasing (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).