pleasingness

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Noun
  • The goal is to increase the Suede’s desirability without abandoning its sports DNA.
    Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Third, restraint protects desirability.
    Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Frozen grapes are a treat as all-natural mini ice pops, dilution-free ice cubes for drinks, or toss them into any smoothie recipe for extra sweetness and thickening power.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Salty, buttery chicken livers finish with a touch of oniony sweetness.
    Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 30 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Years of research in personality psychology show that people differ reliably along dimensions such as extraversion, agreeableness and emotional openness.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 18 Jan. 2026
  • This danger is creating a modern sycophancy crisis in which the over-agreeableness of AI is leading to very disagreeable results.
    Arianna Huffington, Time, 14 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • But despite the pleasantness, there are still some areas where the graphics are lacking.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 14 Nov. 2025
  • The farmer’s tendency to pursue high yields obscured the delicate pleasantness this grape gives when handled carefully.
    Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Leaders must foster an environment where productive tension and direct communication are valued to achieve true performance, rather than letting niceness crowd out essential truths.
    Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
  • But with the number of kids worldwide skyrocketing, Santa has outsourced the job to the Naughty or Nice Group, a consulting firm that has cornered the market on determining a child's niceness thanks to an airtight formula.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • And in the sweetest bit of romance so far, Lady Bridgerton herself seems one step closer to acting on her attraction to Lady Danbury's brother Lord Anderson (Daniel Francis), with the two sharing a (scandalous) moment of hand-holding at the ball.
    Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
  • With more than 150 wineries, the valley is now the region’s top attraction.
    Joe Yogerst, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Due to a positive audience response to the pairing, the writers retconned the scene as a seduction, rather than rape.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 22 Dec. 2025
  • For years, Laura's rape was treated as a sort of seduction — until 1998 when Luke and Laura's son Lucky (Jonathan Jackson) finds out the dark history behind his parents' romance.
    Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Dec. 2025
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“Pleasingness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pleasingness. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.

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