What is the meaning of pleased?

verb

  • Give pleasure to or be pleasing to.
    • usage: "These colors please the senses"; "a pleasing sensation"
  • Be the will of or have the will (to. )
    • usage: "he could do many things if he pleased"
  • Give satisfaction.
    • usage: "The waiters around her aim to please"

adjective

  • Experiencing or manifesting pleasure.
  • Feeling pleasurable satisfaction over something by which you measures your self-worth.
    • usage: "proud of their child"
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