pleasance

Speech parts

1. pleasance - Noun

2. Pleasance - Proper noun

Meaning

Pleasure; merriment; gayety; delight; kindness.

A secluded part of a garden.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

pleasure paradise congeniality pleasantness happiness joy delight enjoyment friendliness amenity cheerfulness affability amiability geniality complaisance

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Antonyms

pain difficulty anger distress bite dissatisfaction

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Hypernyms

feeling retreat

Hyponyms

pleasantness comfort delight enjoyment delectation sexual pleasure

Related terms

pleasurance

Examples

Our pleasance here is all vain glory, This false warld is but transitory. William Dunbar

he was tingling with pleasure Source: Internet

Henry V also used Kenilworth extensively, but preferred to stay in the Pleasance, the mock castle he had built on the other side of the Great Mere. Source: Internet

David Pleasance, managing director of Commodore UK, citation described the A600 as a 'complete and utter screw-up'. Source: Internet

Surrounded by two diamond-shaped moats with its own dock, the Pleasance was positioned on the far side of the Great Mere and had to be reached by boat. Source: Internet

The Pleasance was eventually dismantled by Henry VIII and partially moved into the left-hand court inside the castle itself, possibly to add to the anachronistic appearance. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

pleas in suspension pleasable pleasableness pleasant pleasant appearance pleasant breeze