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Meaning of PLEASANTNESS

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  the quality of giving pleasure; "he was charmed by the sweetness of her manner"; "the pleasantness of a cool breeze on a hot summer day"
  2. [n]  the feeling caused by agreeable stimuli; one pole of a continuum of states of feeling
 
 Synonyms: sweetness
 
 Antonyms: unpleasantness, unpleasantness
 
 See Also: afterglow, agreeableness, amenity, disagreeableness, enjoyableness, niceness, pleasance, pleasure, quality

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pleas"ant*ness\, n.
The state or quality of being pleasant.
 
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 Related Terms: advantageousness, agreeability, agreeableness, amiability, auspiciousness, beneficialness, benevolence, benignity, blitheness, blithesomeness, brightness, cheer, cheerfulness, cheeriness, cheery vein, class, cogency, cordiality, desert, enjoyableness, eupeptic mien, excellence, expedience, fairness, favorableness, fineness, first-rateness, geniality, gladness, gladsomeness, good cheer, goodliness, goodness, grace, gratefulness, happiness, healthiness, helpfulness, hopefulness, kindness, merit, niceness, optimism, pleasance, profitableness, quality, radiance, rewardingness, rosy expectation, sanguine humor, sanguineness, skillfulness, soundness, sunniness, superiority, sweetness and light, usefulness, validity, value, virtue, virtuousness, wholeness, winsomeness, worth
 

 

 

 

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