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Pleasing vs Liefsome - What's the difference?

pleasing | liefsome |

As adjectives the difference between pleasing and liefsome

is that pleasing is agreeable; giving pleasure, cheer, enjoyment or gratification while liefsome is (dialectal|poetic|or|archaic) agreeable; pleasing; delightful.

As a noun pleasing

is pleasure or satisfaction, as in the phrase "to my pleasing".

As a verb pleasing

is .

pleasing

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Agreeable; giving pleasure, cheer, enjoyment or gratification.

    • Synonyms

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    Noun

  • pleasure or satisfaction, as in the phrase "to my pleasing."
  • * (Isaac Barrow)
    • 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

    Related terms

    * pleasant * pleasantly * satisfaction

    Verb

    (head)

    • Anagrams

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    liefsome

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l) * (l) (Scottish)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (dialectal, poetic, or, archaic) Agreeable; pleasing; delightful.
  • *1854 , Henry Howard Surrey (Earl of), Thomas Sackville Dorset (Earl of), Robert Bell, Poetical works of Henry Howard, earl of Surrey :
    • So forth I go apace to see that liefsome sight, And with a kiss, methinks I say, 'Welcome, my lord, my knight; [...]'

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    * (l)