Antonyms for pleasant

Grammar : Adj

Spell : plez-uhnt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈplɛz ənt

Definition of pleasant

Origin : late 14c. (early 14c. as a surname), from Old French plaisant "pleasant, pleasing, agreeable" (12c.), present participle of plaisir "to please" (see please). Pleasantry has the word's modern French sense of "funny, jocular." Related: Pleasantly.

adj acceptable; friendly

Example sentences :

Yet the voice of Plato would be pleasant to my ears, as music on the waters in the night-time.
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

That he was constantly cheerful proved the matter of his musings to be pleasant.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

His countenance is mild and pleasant, and has a highly intellectual expression.
Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook

We must now close our sketch of those diversified and pleasant volumes.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various

She had gone back to bed and fallen promptly into a pleasant sleep.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

However, when we rise to go, it is well after midnight, and I am in a pleasant daze.
Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service

The tree gave a pleasant shade, and he had thrown his sombrero on a chair.
Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service

When cross, which she was sometimes, though very rarely, she tried to be pleasant.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

Miss Vavasor continued the most pleasant and unexacting of guests.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

Well, it is pleasant to be able to help those less fortunate than ourselves.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

Synonyms for pleasant

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