Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pleased

/pliːzd/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.44 in modern English

Syllables: pleased
IPA: /pliːzd/

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Happy, content.

adj

Agreeable, consenting (when referring to a monarch or other powerful person).

Archaic; Formal

verb

simple past and past participle of please

Example Sentences

"She was pleased about her exam results."
"I’m pleased to meet you at last."
"They seemed pleased by the unexpected gift."
"The queen was pleased to accept the countess into her household as a lady-in-waiting."

Etymology

From Middle English plesed, iplesed (past participle) and Middle English plesede (preterit), both equivalent to please + -ed.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: plesed, plesede
Suffix: please

Usage

Inflected Forms

more pleased (comparative) most pleased (superlative)

Derived Forms

pleasedly pleasedness unpleased

Phrases

best pleased is that a gun in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me pleased as punch pleased to meet you pleased with oneself well-pleased

Synonyms

content happy satisfied proud of

Rhymes With

seized squeezed teased eased diseased displeased sneezed appeased breezed cheesed

Questions

How do you pronounce pleased?: The recorded pronunciation is /pliːzd/.
What does pleased mean?: Happy, content.
Where does pleased come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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