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Pleased

//pliːzd// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Happy, content.

    "She was pleased with her exam results."

Adjective
  1. 1
    experiencing or manifesting pleasure wordnet
  2. 2
    feeling pleasurable satisfaction over something by which you measures your self-worth wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of please form-of, participle, past

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English plesed, iplesed (past participle) and Middle English plesede (preterit), both equivalent to please + -ed.

Etymology 2

From Middle English plesed, iplesed (past participle) and Middle English plesede (preterit), both equivalent to please + -ed.

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