Meanings
comparative more pleased · superlative most pleased
- archaicformalAgreeable, consenting (when referring to a monarch or other powerful person).
The queen was pleased to accept the countess into her household as a lady-in-waiting.
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of please
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveexperiencing or manifesting pleasure
adjectivefeeling pleasurable satisfaction over something by which you measures your self-worth
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishplesede
- Middle Englishplesed
- Englishpleased
From Middle English plesed, iplesed (past participle) and Middle English plesede (preterit), both equivalent to please + -ed.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἥδομαι
- ἥδομαι (hḗdomai)happy, content
Arabic مَسْرُور
- مَسْرُور (masrūr)happy, content
Catalan content
- contenthappy, content
Chinese Cantonese 高興 /高兴
- 高興 /高兴 (gou¹ hing³)happy, content
Chinese Mandarin 高興 /高兴
- 高興 /高兴 (gāoxìng)happy, content
Esperanto kontenta, plaĉita
- kontentahappy, content
- plaĉitahappy, content
Finnish hyvillään, mielissään
- hyvilläänhappy, content
- mielissäänhappy, content
- tyytyväinenhappy, content
- iloinenhappy, content
French content, satisfait
- contenthappy, content
- satisfaithappy, content
German froh, zufrieden
- frohhappy, content
- zufriedenhappy, content
Hindi मुदित, हर्षित
- मुदित (mudit)happy, content
- हर्षित (harṣit)happy, content
- संतुष्ट (santuṣṭ)happy, content
- आह्लादित ख़ुश (āhlādit)happy, content
Irish áthasach, sásta
- áthasachhappy, content
- sástahappy, content
Italian felice, lieto
- felicehappy, content
- lietohappy, content
- contentohappy, content
- compiaciutohappy, content
Japanese 嬉しい
- 嬉しい (ureshii)happy, content
Māori waingōhia, manawareka
- waingōhiahappy, content
- manawarekahappy, content
- matakuikuihappy, content
- pārekarekahappy, content
- uruhauhappy, content
- harakoakoahappy, content
- harikoahappy, content
Persian خوشحال
- خوشحال (xošhâl)happy, content
Polish zadowolony, usatysfakcjonowany
- zadowolonyhappy, content
- usatysfakcjonowanyhappy, content
Portuguese contente, satisfeito
- contentehappy, content
- satisfeitohappy, content
Russian дово́льный, ра́достный
- дово́льный (dovólʹnyj)happy, content
- ра́достный (rádostnyj)happy, content
Swedish nöjd
- nöjdhappy, content
Thai พอใจ
- พอใจ (pɔɔ-jai)happy, content
Turkish hoşnut
- hoşnuthappy, content
Urdu خوش
- خوش (xuś)happy, content
Vietnamese hân hạnh
- hân hạnhhappy, content
Yiddish צופֿרידן
- צופֿרידן (tsufridn)happy, content
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with pleased
All rhymes →Anagrams
Cite this entry
pleased. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pleased
“pleased.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pleased. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pleased,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pleased.
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