pleasing

1. 1.

   the act of one who pleases

   Broadergratification

Other forms of pleasing

plural

pleasings·

comparative

pleasinger·

superlative

pleasingest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pleasing

What does pleasing mean?

pleasing means "giving pleasure and satisfaction". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pleasing?

pleasing has 2 syllables: plea-sing. The stress falls on "plea". In IPA it is /ˈplizɪŋ/.

What is the opposite of pleasing?

The recorded antonyms are displeasing.

Is pleasing a common word?

pleasing is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.