different between pleasing vs sonorous

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?pli?z??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?pliz??/
• Rhymes: -i?z??

Etymology 1

From Middle English plesynge, pleizinge, plesende (present participle), equivalent to please +? -ing.

Adjective

pleasing (comparative more pleasing, superlative most pleasing)

1. Agreeable; giving pleasure, cheer, enjoyment or gratification.

Synonyms

• enjoyable
• gratifying
• satisfying

Derived terms

• pleasing fungus beetle

Related terms

Translations

Verb

pleasing

1. present participle of please.

Etymology 2

From Middle English plesing, plesinge (“satisfaction; pleasing”), equivalent to please +? -ing.

Noun

pleasing (countable and uncountable, plural pleasings)

1. pleasure or satisfaction, as in the phrase "to my pleasing."
   • a. 1677, Isaac Barrow, The Passion of our Blessed Saviour (sermon)

     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 […]

Anagrams

• apelings, elapsing, leapings, pealings

English

Alternative forms

• sonourous (rare)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sonorus, from sonor (“sound”), early 17th century.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s?n.??.?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?s??n.?.?s/, /?so?.n?.??s/

Adjective

sonorous (comparative more sonorous, superlative most sonorous)

1. Capable of giving out a deep, resonant sound.
2. Full of sound and rich, as in language or verse.
3. Wordy or grandiloquent.
4. (linguistics, phonetics) Produced with a relatively open vocal tract and relatively little obstruction of airflow.

Synonyms

• sonoral
• (giving out a deep, resonant sound): booming, canorous; see also Thesaurus:sonorous
• (full of sound and rich):
• (wordy, grandiloquent): prolix, sesquipedalian; see also Thesaurus:verbose

Related terms

• sonorant
• sonority
• sonorously
• sonorousness

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