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as in joy
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as in delight
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- as in joy
- as in delight
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pleasure
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noun
Definition of pleasure
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as in enjoyment
the feeling experienced when one’s wishes are met
nothing gives me more pleasure than a hot meal after a long day
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enjoyment
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satisfaction
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delight
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contentment
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happiness
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joy
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content
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gratification
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relish
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joyfulness
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delectation
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amusement
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gladness
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glee
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contentedness
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bliss
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ecstasy
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entertainment
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pleasance
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elation
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comfort
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exhilaration
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exultation
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cheerfulness
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felicity
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euphoria
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gleefulness
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rapture
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exuberance
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intoxication
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diversion
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jubilation
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ease
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afterglow
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jollity
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restfulness
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gayety
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gaiety
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elatedness
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heaven
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cheer
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joie de vivre
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displeasure
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misery
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dissatisfaction
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sorrow
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sadness
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discontent
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unhappiness
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anguish
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unhappiness
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wretchedness
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irritation
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woe
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melancholy
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anger
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annoyance
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depression
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dejection
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discontentedness
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desolation
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vexation
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discomfort
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discontentment
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aggravation
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distress
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exasperation
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gloom
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joylessness
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fury
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rage
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disturbance
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despondency
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agitation
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uneasiness
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restlessness
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dispiritedness
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upset
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pique
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discontent
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unhappiness
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anguish
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unhappiness
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wretchedness
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woe
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melancholy
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anger
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annoyance
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depression
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dejection
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discontentedness
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desolation
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vexation
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joylessness
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as in joy
a source of great satisfaction
the new car is a real pleasure to drive
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joy
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delight
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treat
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feast
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amusement
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relief
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delectation
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gratification
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entertainment
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kick
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fun
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manna
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diversion
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indulgence
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comfort
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recreation
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gas
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solace
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ambrosia
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as in delight
someone or something that provides amusement or enjoyment
a good-humored girl who’s a pleasure to be around
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delight
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fun
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entertainment
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recreation
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diversion
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distraction
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activity
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picnic
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divertissement
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pastime
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revel
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lark
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festivity
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escape
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reveling
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hilarity
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romp
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jollification
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merrymaking
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rollicking
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jollity
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frolicking
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revelling
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frolic
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conviviality
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revelry
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spree
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laugh
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scream
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game
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carousing
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gambol
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fling
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time killer
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rollick
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gaiety
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gayety
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binge
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riot
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whoopee
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bore
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drag
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bummer
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downer
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killjoy
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party pooper
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bore
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drag
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bummer
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downer
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killjoy
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party pooper
pleasure
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verb
as in to delight
to give satisfaction to
a wine that is sure to pleasure even the most discriminating palate
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delight
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please
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thrill
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warm
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feast
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satisfy
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glad
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content
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gratify
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amuse
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gladden
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rejoice
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entertain
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suit
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tickle
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comfort
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appease
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gas
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soothe
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agree (with)
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excite
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satiate
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calm
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sate
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placate
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titillate
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charm
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quench
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humor
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mollify
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captivate
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pacify
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assuage
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treat
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pamper
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indulge
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galvanize
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spoil
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divert
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mollycoddle
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coddle
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cater (to)
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displease
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bother
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get
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anger
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annoy
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outrage
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irritate
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aggravate
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bug
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cross
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vex
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pique
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exasperate
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distress
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irk
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infuriate
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put out
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provoke
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chafe
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grate
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gall
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rouse
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disturb
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perturb
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inflame
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enrage
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steam up
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upset
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madden
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ruffle
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insult
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incense
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harass
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rile
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rankle
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peeve
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agitate
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offend
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affront
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roil
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fret
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harry
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enflame
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pester
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nettle
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displease
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bother
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get
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anger
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annoy
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outrage
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irritate
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aggravate
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bug
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cross
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vex
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pique
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exasperate
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distress
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irk
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infuriate
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put out
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provoke
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chafe
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grate
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gall
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rouse
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disturb
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perturb
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inflame
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enrage
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steam up
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upset
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madden
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ruffle
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insult
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incense
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harass
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rile
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rankle
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peeve
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agitate
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offend
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affront
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roil
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fret
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harry
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pester
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Thesaurus Entries Near pleasure
pleasurably
pleasure
pleasured
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504 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ plˈɛʒə], [ plˈɛʒə], [ p_l_ˈɛ_ʒ_ə]
Table of Contents
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n.
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- binge,
- crowd pleaser,
- activity,
- escapism,
- blast,
- change.
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•
- gluttony,
- indulgence,
- revelry.
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- fling,
- gaieties,
- devilment,
- like,
- giggle,
- happy.
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•
- free.
• act (noun)
- pleasure.
• admiration (noun)
- re-cognitions,
- re gards,
- valuings,
- re-gard,
- re-cognition,
- marvelings,
- re gard,
- re cognitions,
- re cognition,
- prizings.
• amusement (noun)
- frivolity,
- levity,
- Jolliness,
- tonic,
- distraction,
- celebration,
- humor,
- stimulation,
- game,
- hilarity,
- jocularity,
- hobby,
- merriment,
- whimsicality,
- refreshment.
• celebration (noun)
- rejoicing,
- merrymaking.
• comfort (noun)
- restfulnesses,
- re-lief,
- wellbeings,
- snugnesses,
- re-pose,
- bed roses,
- re pose,
- re lief,
- well being,
- cozinesses.
• contentment (noun)
- contentedness.
• delicacy (noun)
- re-gales,
- re gales,
- Bonnes bouches,
- re-gale,
- re gale.
• delight (noun)
- de light,
- de lights,
- de-light,
- de-lights.
• delight, happiness (noun)
- entertainment,
- joy,
- luxury,
- flash,
- solace,
- bliss,
- gratification,
- ease,
- primrose path,
- Kicks,
- seasoning,
- joyride,
- velvet,
- titillation.
• diversion (noun)
- dis traction,
- dis tractions,
- dis-traction,
- dis-tractions.
• enjoyment (noun)
- fulfillment.
• fancy (noun)
- velleities,
- drutherses,
- fools paradise,
- weakness fors,
- fool paradise,
- cup tea,
- de-sires,
- de-sire,
- de sires,
- de sire.
• feeling (noun)
- excitation,
- motor response,
- motility,
- innervations,
- excitability,
- pleasance,
- innervation,
- responsiveness,
- motilities,
- sensitivities,
- reflexes.
• festivity (noun)
- clambakes,
- do’s,
- revelings,
- revelments.
• free will (noun)
- voluntary decision,
- say so,
- one’s own will,
- own say so,
- free choice,
- one’s discretion,
- Conation,
- person’s full intent and purpose,
- free decision,
- own sweet way,
- one’s own choice,
- one’s choice.
• fruition (noun)
- ripenesses.
• fun (noun)
- non-sense,
- non sense,
- rompings,
- non-senses,
- non senses,
- clownings,
- living ups,
- living up,
- living it ups,
- jokings.
• gladness (noun)
- joyousnesses,
- high spiritses.
• gratification (noun)
- sure shocks.
• happiness (noun)
- cheerinesses,
- good cheers,
- hopefulnesses.
• hedonism (noun)
- epicureanisms.
• honor (noun)
- source pride,
- re-spect,
- re spect,
- re-spects,
- re spects.
• inclination (noun)
- dis positions,
- pre disposition,
- pre-disposition,
- dis-position,
- pre-dispositions,
- pre dispositions,
- dis-positions,
- dis position.
• liking (noun)
- favoritism.
• merrymaking (noun)
- Jollies.
• mind (noun)
- out looks,
- way thinking,
- out look,
- point view,
- out-look,
- out-looks.
• mirth (noun)
- hysterics,
- hysteric.
• mood (noun)
- low spirit,
- frame mind.
• Other relevant words: (noun)
- laurels,
- Buffooneries,
- plenty,
- good times,
- esteem,
- junketing,
- amusement,
- Bonne bouche,
- festivity,
- restfulness,
- clambake,
- foolery,
- happiness,
- wingdings,
- delectation,
- uppers,
- way of thinking,
- hopefulness,
- joking,
- mind,
- joyances,
- comfort,
- Leisure Activity,
- content,
- fun,
- glee,
- recreation,
- self-indulgence,
- honor,
- facility,
- fancy,
- living it up,
- delicacy,
- contentment,
- Divertissement,
- exuberance,
- rhapsody,
- quiet mind,
- relish,
- visualization,
- merry-go-rounds,
- gusto,
- REC,
- good time,
- joyfulness,
- wingding,
- gaming,
- Cheeriness,
- satisfaction,
- goody,
- snugness,
- admiration,
- merry-go-round,
- visualizations,
- leisure,
- sapidity,
- radiance,
- wish,
- heart’s desire,
- Elysiums,
- buffoonery,
- nonsense,
- fruition,
- kick,
- Leisure Activities,
- turn-ons,
- source of pride,
- Fooleries,
- clear conscience,
- Rhapsodies,
- gladness,
- coziness,
- Valuing,
- free will,
- good feeling,
- specials,
- wellbeing,
- willfulness,
- rapture,
- pastime,
- epicureanism,
- opulence,
- peace of mind,
- weakness for,
- Festivities,
- velleity,
- good cheer,
- sensuality,
- inclination,
- diversion,
- self-discipline,
- lovings,
- good spirit,
- joyousness,
- felicity,
- joyance,
- Palates,
- delight,
- Revelment,
- glorification,
- re-creation,
- at-oneness,
- mirth,
- liking,
- turn-on,
- sweet,
- warmth,
- thrill,
- requiescence,
- love,
- soothingness,
- pursuit,
- savories,
- Festivals,
- zest,
- divertissements,
- treat,
- feeling,
- good spirits,
- dos,
- Sapor,
- high spirits,
- play,
- will,
- sure shock,
- re-creations,
- Dainties,
- selfcontrol,
- junketings,
- relaxation,
- ripeness,
- low spirits,
- ravishment,
- enjoyment,
- druthers,
- hearts desire,
- sport,
- jubilation.
• peace of mind (noun)
- soothingnesses,
- peace-mind,
- clear consciences,
- quiet minds,
- peace mind.
• play (noun)
- teasings,
- gamings.
• playtime (noun)
- playtime.
• pleasure (noun)
- cheer,
- ecstasy,
- euphoria,
- cheerfulness,
- jollity,
- agreeability,
- complaisance,
- brightness,
- exhilaration,
- Bonniness,
- gaiety,
- enthrallment,
- well-being,
- sunniness.
• pride (noun)
- self-sufficiency,
- self-worth,
- egoisms,
- Self-admiration,
- selfglorification,
- self-glorification,
- Self-trust,
- self-love.
• pursuit (noun)
- pursuits,
- biz.
• rapture (noun)
- at onenesses,
- ravishments,
- at oneness,
- atonenesses,
- at-onenesses,
- atoneness.
• recreation (noun)
- RECS,
- r r,
- re creation,
- re creations.
• relaxation (noun)
- re-quiescence,
- re-laxation,
- requiescences,
- re-quiescences,
- re-laxations,
- loosenings,
- re quiescences,
- re quiescence,
- re laxations,
- re laxation.
• relish (noun)
- sapidities.
• satisfaction (noun)
- good fortune,
- propitiation,
- satiety.
• self-esteem (noun)
- pride.
• self-regard (noun)
- self-regard.
• sensualism (noun)
- hedonism.
• sport (noun)
- physical activity.
• sweet (noun)
- confiture,
- sugarplum,
- sugarplums,
- sweets,
- sweetmeats,
- chocolates,
- sweetmeat,
- final course,
- chocolate.
• thrill (noun)
- good feelings,
- turn ons,
- turnon,
- turnons.
• treat (noun)
- sur prise,
- sur prises,
- sur-prise,
- sur-prises.
• wish (noun)
- re-quests,
- in-vocations,
- in vocation,
- re quests,
- in vocations.
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• benefit (verb)
- advantage.
• delight (verb)
- arriding,
- be ticket,
- tickling pink,
- is ticket,
- arrided,
- being ticket,
- am ticket,
- went over big,
- de lighting,
- tickling death,
- were ticket,
- are ticket,
- de lighted,
- delectated,
- were the ticket,
- tickles pink,
- wert ticket,
- delectating,
- de-lighting,
- is the ticket,
- art the ticket,
- knocks dead,
- am the ticket,
- was the ticket,
- was ticket,
- knocked dead,
- goes over big,
- de-lighted,
- knocking dead,
- wast ticket,
- going over big,
- being the ticket,
- wert the ticket,
- hit spot,
- arrides,
- art ticket,
- tickles to death,
- tickle death,
- wast the ticket,
- tickles death,
- delectates,
- are the ticket,
- tickled death,
- tickling to death.
• overjoy (verb)
- over joy,
- over joys,
- over-joying,
- over joyed,
- over-joys,
- over-joy,
- over joying,
- over-joyed.
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Other synonyms:
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- duty,
- morale,
- spring fever,
- wonder,
- bug,
- anticipation,
- luster,
- spice,
- expectancy,
- gold rush,
- mood,
- joie de vivre,
- nibble,
- fever pitch,
- schadenfreude.
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•
- bang,
- romance,
- excitement,
- please,
- adventure,
- fever,
- enthusiasm,
- gladden,
- rejoice,
- imagination,
- glow.
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•
- enchantment,
- exult,
- flutter,
- tickle.
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•
- appreciation,
- buzz,
- enchant,
- rush.
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•
- discretion.
• happiness
- buoyancy,
- nirvana,
- the feel-good factor,
- welfare,
- bonhomie,
- afterglow,
- harmony,
- vivacity,
- delirium,
- elation,
- high,
- exaltation,
- relief,
- Job Satisfaction,
- uplift.
• Other relevant words:
- grooved,
- Pleasuring,
- tickled to death,
- go over big,
- gratify,
- gladdened,
- Overjoy,
- be the ticket,
- grooving,
- Arride,
- Pleasured,
- Delectate,
- tickle pink,
- tickle to death,
- knock dead.
• will
- desire,
- preference,
- want.
How to use «Pleasure» in context?
What does pleasure mean to you? Pleasure is subjective, so what pleases one person may not please another. Conventionally, we think of pleasure as being a feeling of excitement, happiness, or satisfaction. But what do these things actually feel like to us?
Different emotions and body sensations are often associated with different types of pleasure. When we feel sexual pleasure, for example, our nerve endings in our genitals may become stimulated, causing feelings of excitement and pleasure. Other types of pleasure can be experienced through the senses of taste, touch, smell, and sound.
Pleasure can be found in all aspects of our lives.
Paraphrases for Pleasure:
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
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Forward Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
sure.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Reverse Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
gusto.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Adjective
recreational.
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Proper noun, singular
leisure, recreation, recreational, Plaisance, Vacancies, attractions, placentia.
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Noun, singular or mass
celebration, cheer, comfort, complacency, craft, delight, discretion, enthusiasm, excitement, gladness, glee, honour, leisure, liking, luxury, pastime, placement, recreation, rv, sake, taste, meets, likes, delights.
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Verb, past tense
wanted, Enjoyed.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
appreciation, contentment, gratification, happiness, honor, privilege, rejoicing, satisfaction, thrill.
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Noun, singular or mass
Hypernym for Pleasure:
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n.
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act
Luxuriation.
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feeling
delectation, sexual pleasure, comfort, pleasantness, delight, enjoyment.
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act
Hyponym for Pleasure:
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n.
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act
sex, sexual activity, activity, sexual practice, sex activity.
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cognition
choice, pick, selection.
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feeling
feeling.
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act
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noun
the state or feeling of being pleased.
enjoyment or satisfaction derived from what is to one’s liking; gratification; delight.
worldly or frivolous enjoyment: the pursuit of pleasure.
recreation or amusement; diversion; enjoyment: Are you traveling on business or for pleasure?
sensual gratification.
a cause or source of enjoyment or delight: It was a pleasure to see you.
pleasurable quality: the pleasure of his company.
one’s will, desire, or choice: to make known one’s pleasure.
verb (used with object), pleas·ured, pleas·ur·ing.
verb (used without object), pleas·ured, pleas·ur·ing.
to take pleasure; delight: I pleasure in your company.
to seek pleasure, as by taking a holiday.
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Origin of pleasure
First recorded in1325–75; late Middle English (see please, -ure); replacing Middle English plaisir, from Middle French (noun use of infinitive), from Latin placēre “to please”
synonym study for pleasure
1. Pleasure, enjoyment, delight, joy refer to the feeling of being pleased and happy. Pleasure is the general term: to take pleasure in beautiful scenery. Enjoyment is a quiet sense of well-being and pleasurable satisfaction: enjoyment at sitting in the shade on a warm day. Delight is a high degree of pleasure, usually leading to active expression of it: delight at receiving a hoped-for letter. Joy is a feeling of delight so deep and so lasting that one radiates happiness and expresses it spontaneously: joy at unexpected good news.
OTHER WORDS FROM pleasure
pleas·ure·ful, adjectivepleas·ure·less, adjectivepleas·ure·less·ly, adverban·ti·pleas·ure, noun, adjective
Words nearby pleasure
pleased as Punch, Pleasence, pleaser, pleasing, pleasurable, pleasure, pleasure dome, pleasure principle, pleat, pleater, pleather
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Words related to pleasure
amusement, bliss, comfort, contentment, enjoyment, gratification, hobby, joy, luxury, satisfaction, thrill, desire, purpose, buzz, delectation, diversion, ease, entertainment, felicity, flash
How to use pleasure in a sentence
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In this time of shelter-in-place and social distancing, while restaurants have switched to delivery-only or closed entirely, eating — and finding the pleasure in eating, wherever we can — has taken on a whole new urgency.
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Watching Eric Andre dance along the edge of way too far is a pleasure.
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With its pleasures and plumage, its elaborate and often exhausting mating rituals, it has the power to smash up and patch up lives.
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On a recent weekday morning, I had the pleasure of meeting her in a Zoom call.
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Confronted with several possible actions, we predict which will be most rewarding based on experience—weighing the pleasure of eating a chocolate chip cookie against avoiding a cavity and trip to the dentist.
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My body used for his hard pleasure; a stone god gripping me in his hands.
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Pleasure shoots magically in every direction like an explosion of sparks.
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I had the pleasure of meeting Stuart Scott several years ago.
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So here, for your Christmas Eve pleasure, are 20 of my favorites, 10 from the ecclesiastical division and 10 secular.
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People will always scratch and save if a sudden burst of unrestrained pleasure can be purchased.
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A flash of surprise and pleasure lit the fine eyes of the haughty beauty perched up there on the palace wall.
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Big Reginald took their lives at pool, and pocketed their half-crowns in an easy genial way, which almost made losing a pleasure.
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He saw with evident pleasure the outward and visible signs of the old earl’s immense wealth.
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As Felipe approached, the old man’s face beamed with pleasure, and he came forward totteringly, leaning on a staff in each hand.
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He used to walk through the park, and note with pleasure the care that his father bestowed on the gigantic property.
British Dictionary definitions for pleasure
noun
an agreeable or enjoyable sensation or emotionthe pleasure of hearing good music
something that gives or affords enjoyment or delighthis garden was his only pleasure
- amusement, recreation, or enjoyment
- (as modifier)a pleasure boat; pleasure ground
euphemistic sexual gratification or enjoymenthe took his pleasure of her
a person’s preference or choice
verb
(when intr, often foll by in) to give pleasure to or take pleasure (in)
Derived forms of pleasure
pleasureful, adjectivepleasureless, adjective
Word Origin for pleasure
C14 plesir, from Old French; related to Old French plaisir to please
Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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1 amusement, beer and skittles (informal) bliss, comfort, contentment, delectation, delight, diversion, ease, enjoyment, gladness, gratification, happiness, jollies (slang) joy, recreation, satisfaction, solace
2 choice, command, desire, inclination, mind, option, preference, purpose, will, wish
Antonyms
abstinence, anger, disinclination, displeasure, duty, labour, misery, necessity, obligation, pain, sadness, sorrow, suffering, unhappiness
English Collins Dictionary — English synonyms & Thesaurus
pleasure
( pleasures plural )
1 n-uncount If something gives you pleasure, you get a feeling of happiness, satisfaction, or enjoyment from it.
oft N from/in n/-ing
Watching sport gave him great pleasure…, Everybody takes pleasure in eating…
2 n-uncount Pleasure is the activity of enjoying yourself, especially rather than working or doing what you have a duty to do.
He mixed business and pleasure in a perfect and dynamic way…, I read for pleasure.
3 n-count A pleasure is an activity, experience or aspect of something that you find very enjoyable or satisfying.
oft N of n/-ing
Watching TV is our only pleasure., …the pleasure of seeing a smiling face.
4 If you meet someone for the first time, you can say, as a way of being polite, that it is a pleasure to meet them. You can also ask for the pleasure of someone’s company as a polite and formal way of inviting them somewhere.
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a pleasure/the pleasure convention
(politeness)
`A pleasure to meet you, sir,’ he said…
5 You can say `It’s a pleasure’ or `My pleasure’ as a polite way of replying to someone who has just thanked you for doing something.
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It’s a pleasure/my pleasure convention
(formulae)
`Thanks very much anyhow.’—`It’s a pleasure.’
pleasure boat ( pleasure boats plural ) A pleasure boat is a large boat which takes people for trips on rivers, lakes, or on the sea for pleasure. n-count
pleasure craft ( pleasure craft plural ) A pleasure craft is the same as a pleasure boat. n-count
Translation English Cobuild Collins Dictionary
pleasure pillows
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boobs
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