pleasure
Definitions
- A state of being pleased or contented; gratification.
- To give pleasure or enjoyment to; gratify: Our host pleasured us with his company.
- A person, thing or action that causes enjoyment.
- Used to acknowledge an expression of gratitude.
- Sexual enjoyment.
- a mania for pleasing delusions.
- One's preference.
- the characteristics of a pleasure trip. — excursionist, n. — excursional, adj.
- The will or desire of someone or some agency in power.
- hedonology.
- Rare. the study of human pleasure. Also called hedonics.
- a mania for pleasure.
- Rare. a person devoted to worldly pleasure; hedonist or sybarite.
- 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.
- devotion to sensual pleasures. — sybarite, n. — sybaritic, adj.
Equivalents
56 more languages
Catalàplaer
Eestimõnu
Euskaraatsegin
Հայերենհաճույք
Íslenskaánægja
ქართულისიამოვნება
Кыргызчажыргал
Latinadēlectāmentumdēlectātiōdeliciaedulcēdōgaudiumgratiaiucundatioiūcunditāslibentialibitaoblectamentumoblectatioplacerevoluptās
Lietuviųmalonumas
Te Reo Māoripārekareka
Македонскизадоволство
Монголбаяр жаргал
Bahasa Melayukesenangan
Românăplăcere
Русскийволяжеланиенаслажде́ниепло́тские ра́достирадостьразвлечениерасполо́женностьсклонностьудовлетворениеудовольствие
Kiswahilianasa
Türkmençelezzet
ئۇيغۇرچەلەززەت
O'zbekchalazzat
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.”
CEFR level
A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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