mindmap root((愉悦)) pleasant stresses a quality inherent in an object: a ~ evening. pleasing close to pleasant, stresses the effect that something has on one: a ~ arrangement of colors. agreeable applies to what is in accord with one's tastes or liking: an ~ companion. grateful implies satisfaction, relief, or comfort yielded by what is pleasing or agreeable: the fire threw a ~ warmth into the room. gratifying implies mental pleasure arising usually from a satisfying one's hopes, desires, conscience, or vanity: a ~ sense of accomplishment. welcome is stronger than pleasing and grateful in stressing the pleasure given by satisfying a prior need or longing: as ~ as rain after a long drought.