Meaning of pleasure | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A state of being pleased or contented; gratification.
   uncountable
2. To give pleasure or enjoyment to; gratify: Our host pleasured us with his company.
3. A person, thing or action that causes enjoyment.
   countable
4. Used to acknowledge an expression of gratitude.
5. Sexual enjoyment.
   uncountable
6. a mania for pleasing delusions.
7. One's preference.
   uncountable
8. the characteristics of a pleasure trip. — excursionist, n. — excursional, adj.
9. The will or desire of someone or some agency in power.
   formal, uncountable
10. hedonology.
11. Rare. the study of human pleasure. Also called hedonics.
12. a mania for pleasure.
13. Rare. a person devoted to worldly pleasure; hedonist or sybarite.
14. a form of conduct conforming to the precepts of the Stoics, especially as characterized by indifference to pain and pleasure. — stoic, n., adj. — stoical, adj.
15. devotion to sensual pleasures. — sybarite, n. — sybaritic, adj.

Equivalents

Examples

“He remembered with pleasure his home and family.”

“I get a lot of pleasure from watching others work hard while I relax.”

“But the only statistic that will concern West Brom will be the scoreline, and their manager Roy Hodgson will take considerable pleasure from a victory over the club he managed for just 191 days.”

“Maximize all the pleasure / Even with all this weather / Nothing can make it better / Maximize all the pleasure”

“It was a pleasure to meet you.”

“Having a good night's sleep is one of life's little pleasures.”

“Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure”

“The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;[…]. Now she had come to look upon the matter in its true proportions, and her anticipation of a possible chance of teaching him a lesson was a pleasure to behold.”

“In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. The welfare state is dismantled. […]”

“What is your pleasure: coffee or tea?”

“to hold an office at pleasure: to hold it indefinitely until it is revoked”

“to be imprisoned at Her Majesty's pleasure: to be imprisoned indefinitely”

“at Congress's pleasure: whenever or as long as Congress desires”

“Use your pleasure; if your love do not persuade you to come, let not my letter.”

“He will do his pleasure on Babylon.”

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