Pleasing vs Merry - What's the difference?
pleasing | merry | Related terms |
pleasure or satisfaction, as in the phrase "to my pleasing."
* (Isaac Barrow)
Jolly and full of high spirits
* Shakespeare
Festive and full of fun and laughter
* 1883 , (Howard Pyle), (The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood)
Brisk
Causing laughter, mirth, gladness, or delight.
* Spenser
(euphemistic) drunk; tipsy
Pleasing is a related term of merry.
As an adjective 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 .As a proper noun merry is
originally a nickname for a merry person.pleasing
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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
Verb
(head)Anagrams
*merry
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Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Adjective
(er)- We had a very merry Christmas.
- I am never merry when I hear sweet music.
- f I have the chance, I will make our worshipful Sheriff pay right well for that which he hath done to me. Maybe I may bring him some time into Sherwood Forest and have him to a right merry feast with us.
- Everyone was merry at the party.
- The play moved along at a merry pace.
- a merry jest
- merry wind and weather
- Some of us got a little merry at the office Christmas party.