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pleased

adjective US /pliːzd/

experiencing or manifesting pleasure

How often you will meet it

Rank 789 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 23,228 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.011% of every word in the library.

It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.

What it means

adjective

  1. experiencing or manifesting pleasure
  2. feeling pleasurable satisfaction over something by which you measures your self-worth also: proud of proud of their child

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

pleased in real books

Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.

  • I will be plain with, you: I am not pleased with all you do.

    Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 08, May 21, 1870 · Various · Chapter 1

  • Still the Athenian's way of speaking pleased him, and he told him to go on with his story.

    An Egyptian Princess — Volume 07 · Georg Ebers · Chapter 1

  • Zoe, Rosie and Walter uttered a simultaneous exclamation of delight, while the others looked well pleased with the arrangement.

    Christmas with Grandma Elsie · Martha Finley · Chapter 1

  • A certain royal duke had been much pleased with her and people had said some very nasty things about it.

    Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1

  • Veiled in flesh, the Godhead see; Hail th' incarnate Deity: Pleased, as man with men to dwell, Jesus, our Immanuel.

    The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1

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