Comely vs Pleasing - What's the difference?
comely | pleasing | Related terms |
(dated, of a person) Pleasing or attractive to the eye.
* South
* Milton
* 1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), , Chapter IX
(archaic) Suitable or becoming; proper; agreeable.
* Shakespeare
* Bible, Psalms cxlvii. 1
pleasure or satisfaction, as in the phrase "to my pleasing."
* (Isaac Barrow)
Comely is a related term of pleasing.
As adjectives the difference between comely and pleasing
is that comely is (dated|of a person) pleasing or attractive to the eye while pleasing is agreeable; giving pleasure, cheer, enjoyment or gratification.As a noun pleasing is
pleasure or satisfaction, as in the phrase "to my pleasing".As a verb pleasing is
.comely
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Adjective
(en-adj)- He that is comely when old and decrepit, surely was very beautiful when he was young.
- Not once perceive their foul disfigurement / But boast themselves more comely than before.
- The chief's name was To-jo, and his household consisted of seven females and himself. These women were much more comely , or rather less hideous than those of Tsa's people; one of them, even, was almost pretty, being less hairy and having a rather nice skin, with high coloring.
- This is a happier and more comely time / Than when these fellows ran about the streets, / Crying confusion.
- It is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely .
Synonyms
* pulchritudinousAntonyms
* (of a person) homelyDerived terms
* comelinesspleasing
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Synonyms
*Noun
- What more palpable confutation can there be of human vanity and arrogance, of all lofty imaginations, all presumptuous confidences, all turgid humours, all fond self-pleasings and self-admirings, than is that tragical cross