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be pleased by

VERB

Synonyms

STRONGEST

admire appreciate go for love

STRONG

adore approve cherish dig esteem exclaim fancy prize relish savor

WEAK

be gratified by be keen on be partial to be sweet on care for care to delight in derive pleasure from dote on feast on find appealing get a kick out of hanker for hold dear indulge in luxuriate in rejoice in revel in stuck on take an interest in take delight in take satisfaction in take to

Antonyms

STRONGEST

dislike hate scorn

STRONG

despise not care refuse

WEAK

ignore

Example Sentences

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Investors likely will be pleased by the company’s balance sheet.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

"Despite wider concerns around the cost of living, the hospitality sector especially will be pleased by this welcome boost, having missed out on two years of unrestricted trading," said Barclaycard Payments chief executive Rob Cameron.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2022

You sense that even Lou Reed would be pleased by how “The Velvet Underground” refuses the obvious.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 9, 2021

So he would no doubt be pleased by the retrospective, “Enigma & Desire: Man Ray Paintings,” which, spanning the course of his 60-year career, excludes photographs and objects to focus solely on paintings.

From New York Times • Nov. 20, 2019

I don’t think he’d be pleased by anything I did today.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

be pleased by

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