Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who pleases or gratifies.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who pleases or gratifies.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Someone or something which
pleases .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a pleasing entertainer
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Examples
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The undeniable crowd-pleaser is the installation in a dark room with a large sculpture of a tilted house ready to collapse into a pool of water.
Edward Goldman: A Lovely Stew of Fashion and Nudity, Plus a Dash of the Profane Edward Goldman 2010
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The undeniable crowd-pleaser is the installation in a dark room with a large sculpture of a tilted house ready to collapse into a pool of water.
Edward Goldman: A Lovely Stew of Fashion and Nudity, Plus a Dash of the Profane Edward Goldman 2010
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The mass-market success of the Peter Jackson movies (and a Harry-wrought fantasy-friendly zeitgeist) might have changed that, but Harry Potter has been a crowd-pleaser from the start.
Archive 2007-07-01 Roger Sutton 2007
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The mass-market success of the Peter Jackson movies (and a Harry-wrought fantasy-friendly zeitgeist) might have changed that, but Harry Potter has been a crowd-pleaser from the start.
Waiting for Harry Roger Sutton 2007
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Being a people pleaser is just part and parcel of my personality, and it’s the thing that makes saying “yes” so easy.
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The term "crowd pleaser" is a real backhanded compliment in comedy, being associated with stale, hackneyed, button-pushing routines.
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In celebration of the electoral victory for the forces that claimed retaining the Confederate battle emblem on the Mississippi state flag was a matter of "heritage not hate," the state's tourist bureau has launched plans to restore many of the state's quaint customs including an old-time crowd-pleaser, which is now spun thusly:
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Simpson is, and always has been, a "pleaser" first, second and foremost.
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Since Obama is such a republican "pleaser" you can bet he will choose someone to their liking.
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Since Obama is such a republican "pleaser" you can bet he will choose someone to their liking.
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