pleaser
- noun
- /ˈplizər/
- Informal
- I am also a people pleaser and am trying to change that.
- people-pleaser
- crowd-pleaser
- a big crowd pleaser
And don't you find as well, if you're a people pleaser, it's uncomfortable.
- And don't you find as well, if you're a people pleaser, it's uncomfortable.
- But the downside of a people pleaser is they want to please everybody.
- PC builds and you know I'm a people pleaser, so I'm gonna give you what you want.
- When we kill the monsters, the monster of the people pleaser within us, that's not a one time thing.
- The sister kind of sounds like she's a bit of a people pleaser.
- Are you aware of why you have the need to be a people pleaser?
- For example, I learned that I am a people pleaser.
- Too many people who are vulnerable to narcissists are generally people pleasers.
- So what about going back to the do fewer things thing for the innate people pleasers amongst us?
- Like, I was very, very, like, insecure, shy, like, total people pleaser.
Examples
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Oh boy, as a recovering people pleaser and perfectionist, can I relate to this!
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But the downside of a people pleaser is they want to please everybody.
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How does someone who is a people pleaser, how do they turn that ship around?
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I was a people pleaser for most of my life, so it's been a process to learn to say 'no'.
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And I mean, I'm a people pleaser so I thought I'll do that.
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Learning to, I don't know, be less of a people pleaser is proving difficult.
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As a chronic people-pleaser, I have to try to make those around me happy.
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For a people-pleaser like me, it was torture!
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And don't you find as well, if you're a people pleaser, it's uncomfortable.
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As a true pleaser, she always prioritizes her friends' happiness over her own.
Synonyms
Something that meets a need or want and makes you feel good
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Etymology
Pleaser comes from please + -er, with please from the Latin placere meaning 'to please' and the same root as pleasant. So a pleaser is a person who tries hard to make others happy, often putting other people's needs before their own.