pleasant

Everyday

1. Pleasant means nice, enjoyable or making you feel happy. tree →
2. A pleasant person is friendly and polite. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday talk and writing: pleasant weather, a pleasant day, a pleasant smell. In stories: a pleasant old lady who may hide a secret. Phrases: have a pleasant day, pleasant surprise, pleasant to talk to.

Examples

• We had a pleasant walk by the river. tree →
• The weather is pleasant today. tree →
• The roses have a pleasant smell. tree →
• What a pleasant surprise to see you! tree →
• Our new neighbour is very pleasant. tree →
• The music was soft and pleasant. tree →
• This was, of course, pleasant news. tree →

Note

Spelling: plea-sant (with ea), pronounced PLEZ-ent. Opposite: unpleasant. Noun: pleasantness; pleasantries are polite small talk. Related: please, pleasure.

In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Tradition reads Issachar's "pleasant" land as the tribe's choice of study of Torah over ease. Proverbs uses "pleasant" for sinful secret pleasure that tempts, and Song of Songs uses it for loving delight. In the primary lessons: In everyday talk and writing: pleasant weather, a pleasant day, a pleasant smell. In stories: a pleasant old lady who may hide a secret. Phrases: have a pleasant day, pleasant surprise, pleasant to talk to.

Examples

• For he saw a resting-place that it was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and he bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant under task-work (Torah GEN.49.15, JPS 1917) tree →
• 'Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.' (Writings PRO.9.17, JPS 1917) tree →
• How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights! (Writings SNG.7.7, JPS 1917) tree →
• Smiting upon the breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine; (Prophets ISA.32.12, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Spelling: plea-sant (with ea), pronounced PLEZ-ent. Opposite: unpleasant. Noun: pleasantness; pleasantries are polite small talk. Related: please, pleasure.