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 | ||