English noun: pleasantness | |||
| 1. | pleasantness (feeling) the feeling caused by agreeable stimuli; one pole of a continuum of states of feeling | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | pleasance, pleasure | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | afterglow | ||
| Antonyms | unpleasantness | ||
| 2. | pleasantness (attribute) the quality of giving pleasure | ||
| Samples | He was charmed by the sweetness of her manner. The pleasantness of a cool breeze on a hot summer day. | ||
| Synonyms | sweetness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | quality | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | agreeableness, amenity, disagreeableness, enjoyableness, niceness | ||
| Attribute | pleasant, unpleasant | ||
| Antonyms | unpleasantness | ||