Synonyms for pleased
pleased

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1. pleasedadjective

   Synonyms:
   happy, content, satisfied

2. pleasedadjective

   Happy, content.

   Synonyms:
   happy, satisfied, content

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1. pleased

   Happy primarily refers to something that comes "by good hap," a chance that brings prosperity, benefit, or success.

   And grasps the skirts of happy chance.

   Tennyson In Memoriam lxiii, st. 2.

   In this sense happy is closely allied to fortunate and lucky. (See FORTUNATE.) Happy has, however, so far diverged from this original sense as to apply to advantages where chance is not recognized, or is even excluded by direct reference to the divine will, when it becomes almost equivalent to blessed.

   Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth.

   Job v, 17.

   Happy is also applied to the ready dexterity or skill by which favorable results (usually in minor matters) are secured, when it becomes a synonym for dexterous, felicitous, and the associated words; as, he has a happy wit; happy at retort (compare CLEVER). In its most frequent present use, happy is applied to the state of one enjoying happiness, or to that by which happiness is expressed; as, a happy heart; a happy face; happy laughter; happy tears (compare synonyms for HAPPINESS). Cheerful applies to the possession or expression of a moderate and tranquil happiness. A cheery word spontaneously gives cheer to others; a cheering word is more distinctly planned to cheer and encourage. Gay applies to an effusive and superficial happiness (often not really worthy of that name) perhaps resulting largely from abundant animal spirits: we speak of gay revelers or a gay horse. A buoyant spirit is, as it were, borne up by joy and hope. A sunny disposition has a constant tranquil brightness that irradiates all who come within its influence.

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   Synonyms:
   blessed, blissful, blithe, blithesome, bright, buoyant, cheerful, cheering, cheery, delighted, delightful, dexterous, felicitous, fortunate, gay, glad, happy, jocund, jolly, joyful, joyous, lucky, merry, mirthful, prosperous, rapturous, rejoiced, rejoicing, smiling, sprightly, successful, sunny

   Preposition:
   A happy event for him; happy at a reply; happy in his home, with his friends, among his children; happy at the discovery, over his success.

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1. pleasedadjective

   experiencing or manifesting pleasure

   Synonyms:
   proud of(p)

   Antonyms:
   nettled, sick of(p), stung, disgusted, tired of(p), pained, irritated, humble, sick(p), annoyed, steamed, peeved, fed up(p), browned off, displeased, miffed, pissed off, exasperated, roiled, riled, offended, cheesed off, pissed, frowning

2. pleased, proud of(p)adjective

   feeling pleasurable satisfaction over something by which you measures your self-worth

   "proud of their child"

   Antonyms:
   sick(p), offended, nettled, roiled, frowning, browned off, riled, pissed, fed up(p), humble, steamed, irritated, sick of(p), annoyed, tired of(p), disgusted, peeved, exasperated, cheesed off, stung, pained, displeased, miffed, pissed off

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1. List of paraphrases for "pleased":

   happy, glad, delighted, satisfied, pleasure, gratified, welcome, proud, grateful, thrilled, commends, nice, ravi, excited, congratulated, fortunate, welcomed, gratifying, content

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1. Chairman Mustafa Sanalla:

   I am pleased the Presidential Council agrees that we cannot reward individuals who hold Libya's oil hostage, there can be no backroom deals if we are to build trust. Any past salary payments to the Petroleum Facilities Guards need to be transparent, properly authorised and documented.

2. Tim Miller:

   There is no campaign and nobody has been offered leadership positions in the PAC at this stage, we were pleased by the positive response in Iowa last week to Gov. Bush's message of economic opportunity and we're going to focus our efforts on advancing that.

3. Sally Hollingworth:

   We were originally hoping to find marine fossils, and finding something so significant instead has been a real thrill, even better than that is seeing it turn into a major archaeological excavation led by DigVentures, and a BBC documentary presented by David Attenborough. We couldn't be more pleased that something we've discovered will be learned from and enjoyed by so many people.

4. Keith Casey:

   We are pleased to have reached agreement on this consent decree that allows us to fully implement the required procedures and investments to further improve our environmental performance.

5. Patrick Gunn:

   We are pleased this years-long harassment has come to an end and that plaintiff will see no financial gain from his misconduct.