Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pleasantness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.87 in modern English

Syllables: pleas-ant-ness
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state or quality of being pleasant.

Uncountable

noun

Something pleasant.

Countable

Example Sentences

"I thoroughly enjoyed the amenity of the clean mountain air in the summer."
"If this is sound, the pleasantness of pleasure can no longer be our guide; the higherness of the higher pleasure must have the decisive word — hedonism has committed suicide."
"[…] to destroy the affections of truth, and thereby the pleasantnesses and happinesses of heaven […]"

Etymology

Etymology tree English pleasant Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English pleasantness From pleasant + -ness.

Usage

Inflected Forms

pleasantnesses (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

pleasure pleasant

Synonyms

agreeableness amiability douceur sweetness agreement amenity pleasantness niceness

Antonyms

unpleasantness disagreeableness nastiness objectionability offensiveness repugnantness shitfulness

Questions

What does pleasantness mean?: The state or quality of being pleasant.
Where does pleasantness come from?: Etymology tree English pleasant Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English pleasantness From pleasant + -ness.

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