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pleased

pleased

936 1.0
Feeling happy or satisfied about something
  • adjective
  • /plizd/
translation icon : contento
  • He seemed pleased with the results of the team's efforts.
  • very pleased
  • pleased to see
  • pleased to announce

I think she's going to be quite pleased with this transformation.

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Examples

  • I am really pleased with how this came out.

  • Prime Minister, I am very pleased to be back in the United Kingdom.

  • OK, So I am pleased with where that is.

  • And you should be pleased, as well.

  • After three separate procedures over six months, the patient was pleased with the result.

    Academic text (1999)
  • I'm pretty pleased with how most of it turned out.

  • I'm very pleased to meet you.

  • I am pleased for your sake that you have won such honors.

  • Overall, it appears that the vast majority were pleased with their overall experience as high school athletes.

    Academic text (1991)
  • The woman reddened, but everybody else seemed pleased by his answer, even her husband.

    Fiction book (1990)

Synonyms

happy
vspleased
1.0

Feeling pleased and content

is a feeling that comes from a particular event or result
glad
vspleased
1.0

Feeling pleased or happy about something

is a calmer, neutral sense of being content rather than eager
satisfied
vspleased
285 1.3

Pleased because you achieved something or got the result you wanted

is a general positive feeling not always tied to achievement
thankful
vspleased
263 1.0

Feeling happy and relieved because someone helped you or something turned out well

is a general positive feeling not necessarily tied to gratitude
delighted
vspleased
228 1.0

Feeling very happy about something good

is a milder reaction, less intense than strong joy
thrilled
vspleased
171 2.3

Feeling very excited and happy

is calmer and does not include high excitement
joyful
vspleased
70 1.0

Feeling or showing great happiness

is a milder contentment without such energetic expression
ecstatic
vspleased
69 4.5

Feeling very happy and excited

is a far milder state of satisfaction, not overwhelming
blissful
vspleased
23 3.3

Very happy and free from worry

is a lighter, everyday pleasure rather than deep, calm joy
jubilant
vspleased
15 5.0

Feeling very happy because of a success or a good event

is not necessarily tied to success, more general satisfaction
gleeful
vspleased
12 1.2

Very happy and excited in a playful way

is calmer and less playful, a steady content feeling
elated
vspleased
11 4.0

Feeling very happy and excited because of good news or success

is a lower intensity feeling, showing modest satisfaction rather than elation
overjoyed
vspleased
10 2.1

Feeling very happy and excited about something good

is a quieter contentment, not the same overwhelming feeling
contented
vspleased
7 2.0

Feeling happy and satisfied with what you have

is a less steady feeling that can be shorter lived than lasting contentment
6 3.2

Feeling very excited and happy about something

is a milder, everyday content feeling not wildly excited
gratified
vspleased
4 4.0

Feeling pleased and satisfied because you received something you wanted

is more general and not limited to outcomes of receiving
chuffed
vspleased
  • UK
2 8.2

Very pleased about something

is a standard, neutral feeling rather than slangy or proud
exhilarated
vspleased
2 4.4

Feeling very happy and full of energy

is a calmer, less physical feeling of content
best pleased
vspleased
1 1.7

Feeling very happy about something

is the normal level of content that is less marked or intense
gladsome
vspleased
  • Archaic
1 9.0

Feeling happy and cheerful

is the usual, everyday feeling of satisfaction without poetic tone
happy as a pig in mud
vspleased
  • Informal
1 8.2

Feeling very happy and content

is a general, less emphatic feeling not described by that idiom
pleasured
vspleased
3.8

Feeling happy and showing it

is a milder, general sense of content rather than strong delight
to gladdened
vspleased
3.0

To make someone feel happy

is a general feeling that can exist without a single causing event
posolutely ecstatic
vspleased
  • Informal
9.9

Feeling very happy and excited

is a modest, controlled feeling rather than extreme joy
absitively delighted
vspleased
  • Archaic
9.9

Very pleased and full of joy

is a simpler, less intense satisfaction not total elation
all affy
vspleased
  • Slang
9.9

Feeling very happy and excited

is a milder, everyday satisfaction rather than extreme cheer

Antonyms

463 1.0

Feeling sad or not pleased about something

49 5.1

A feeling of not being satisfied with the present situation

7 3.7

Not happy and a little annoyed

Idioms

1 1.7

Feeling very happy about something

To show a clear physical sign of sexual interest when seeing someone

How Pleased

delighted
228 1.0
happy
1.0
pleased
936 1.0
satisfied
38 1.0

Surface Forms

pleased positive

Morphology

pleased = please (transparent) = please + ed

Formed from the verb 'please' with the regular participial/adjectival suffix '-ed', so the meaning 'feeling pleased' is directly derived.

Etymology

Pleased comes from the old verb please, which itself comes from the Latin root placere meaning 'to please' or 'to be liked', and it is the same root as pleasant. So, if something 'pleases' you it makes you feel happy or satisfied, which is why to be pleased is to feel happy or content.