pleasantness

pleasantness
noun
1. the feeling caused by agreeable stimuli; one pole of a continuum of states of feeling
Ant: ↑unpleasantness
Derivationally related forms: ↑pleasant
Hypernyms: ↑pleasure, ↑pleasance
Hyponyms: ↑afterglow
2. the quality of giving pleasure
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he was charmed by the sweetness of her manner

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the pleasantness of a cool breeze on a hot summer day

Syn: ↑sweetness
Ant: ↑unpleasantness
Derivationally related forms: ↑sweet (for: ↑sweetness), ↑pleasant
Hypernyms: ↑quality
Attrubites: ↑pleasant, ↑unpleasant

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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