1.
[syn: pleasingness, tastiness]
2. an agreeable beauty that gives pleasure or enjoyment;
- Example: "the liveliness and pleasingness of dark eyes"- T.N. Carver
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pleasing \Pleas"ing\, a.
Giving pleasure or satisfaction; causing agreeable emotion;
agreeable; delightful; as, a pleasing prospect; pleasing
manners. "Pleasing harmony." --Shak. "Pleasing features."
--Macaulay. -- Pleas"ing*ly, adv. -- Pleas"ing*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Gratifying; delightful; agreeable. See Pleasant.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
pleasingness
n 1: pleasant palatability [syn: pleasingness, tastiness]
2: an agreeable beauty that gives pleasure or enjoyment; "the
liveliness and pleasingness of dark eyes"- T.N. Carver [ant:
unpleasingness]