Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pleasing to the eye

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.73 in modern English

Syllables: pleas-ing -to the -eye
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

pleasant to look at; physically attractive

Example Sentences

"Compact strongly-built engines, with a capacity for hard work, they were, perhaps, not in the front rank of handsome locomotives, yet withal were pleasing to the eye."

Inflected Forms

more pleasing to the eye (comparative) most pleasing to the eye (superlative)

Questions

What does pleasing to the eye mean?: pleasant to look at; physically attractive

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