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.

   Compare synonyms for GRIEF.

   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. Ashleigh Barty:

   It was pretty clean for a first match on grass. I'm very pleased with that, the beauty of grasscourt tennis is that you get better with matches, and there's no better way than to get out there and try to fix up your game.

2. Samuel Lipoff:

   We are pleased that Parler is back on Google Play as a native app so that Android users no longer have to side-load, while away from Google Play, we have worked diligently to build a more feature-rich and dynamic user experience. Now is a perfect time to join Parler and rediscover the non-partisan platform where we enable people to speak freely !

3. Stephanie Ready:

   There's always going to be that one knucklehead that just has nothing better to do, i've been really pleased with the support and the encouragement that the NBA and the Hornets fans have expressed, and the one or two people that think that women should stay in the kitchen, well, the world's passing them by.

4. Mark McLaughlin:

   Over the course of several quarters, I have been discussing succession planning with the Board and I couldn't be more pleased that we have found a leader in Nikesh.

5. Joe Watson:

   This was a decision made exclusively to protect both the people who work and are detained inside the jail, as well as to protect the community that jail employees return to after every shift. We would be pleased if this policy mitigates the impact of losing jail employees on Jan. 1, but that’s not why County Attorney Conover made this decision.