pleasingness

Definition of pleasingnessnext

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pleasingness
Noun
  • They are built through stronger desirability, sharper pricing power and greater emotional connection.
    Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • For so long, femininity has been tied to long hair as beauty, softness, desirability, identity.
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 17 June 2026
Noun
  • The sweetness left it with a surprisingly subtle lemon flavor.
    Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 3 July 2026
  • From the sparkle of the morning sun to the hum of a bumblebee to the bright sweetness of lemonade, yellow is definitely a summer color.
    Holly Lebowitz Rossi, Parents, 2 July 2026
Noun
  • Over-apologizing often stems from social conditioning around agreeableness, humility and conflict avoidance — traits women are still rewarded for socially, even when they’re penalized professionally.
    Kelly Ehlers, Rolling Stone, 2 June 2026
  • The experiment consisted of examining human traits such as extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability, openness, empathy, etc.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
Noun
  • The researchers found that people's accuracy in distinguishing sugar from sweetener depended heavily on expectations, and pleasantness ratings also shifted accordingly.
    Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Surely there was something more beneath all this mild pleasantness, some edge of resentment, a few shards of indignation on the brink of cutting through.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The shift is in how niceness is defined.
    Kelly Ehlers, Rolling Stone, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Others offered to pick her up a Friday fish fry – Midwest niceness at its finest.
    Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 29 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • It’s situated in downtown Sarasota near Sarasota Bay, putting you close to an array of restaurants and attractions like The Bay park and Selby Gardens.
    Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 30 June 2026
  • Let’s talk about the angst and awkwardness of teenage attraction.
    Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
Noun
  • The rhythm of the writing shows the staccato nature of those relationships, with their stops and starts, and how sometimes signs of seduction cannot be misinterpreted or not picked up at all.
    Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 26 June 2026
  • There is no grand seduction scene.
    Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 18 June 2026
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“Pleasingness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pleasingness. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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