PLEASURE


Meaning of PLEASURE in English

I. noun

1.

Synonyms: will 1, fancy, inclination, liking, mind, velleity

2.

the agreeable emotion accompanying the expectation, acquisition, or possession of something good or desirable

the pleasures and pains of growing up

Synonyms: delectation, delight, enjoyment, fruition, joy, joyance; compare enjoyment 1

Related Word: bliss, felicity, happiness; kick, thrill

Contrasted words: vexation; annoyance; anger; affliction, distress, sorrow, trouble

Antonyms: displeasure

3.

Synonyms: enjoyment 1, delectation, diversion, relish

Antonyms: displeasure

II. verb

Synonyms: please 2, arride, delectate, delight, gladden, gratify, happify

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