pleasing
/ˈplizɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.75 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "These two designs were neat and handsome, by modern standards, and very pleasing in appearance."
- "Elegant brick and stone buildings, with iron and glass canopies and decorative wooden scalloping and fencing—all evidencing care on the part of the architect to produce a pleasing, well-planned building—were submerged beneath a profusion of ill-conceived additions and camouflaged by vulgar paint schemes; and the original conception was lost."
- "What more palpable confutation can there be of human vanity and arrogance, of all lofty imaginations, all presumptuous confidences, all turgid humours, all fond self-pleasings and self-admirings, than is that tragical cross […]"
Etymology
From Middle English plesynge, pleizinge, plesende (present participle), equivalent to please + -ing.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈplizɪŋ/
- British English: /ˈpliːzɪŋ/