NOUN | feeling | pleasure, pleasance | a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience |
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cognition | pleasure, joy, delight | something or someone that provides a source of happiness | |
cognition | pleasure | a formal expression | |
act | pleasure | an activity that affords enjoyment | |
act | pleasure | sexual gratification / gratification |
Sounds | pleh'zher | |
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Rhymes | arbitrager ... treasure: 21 rhymes with zher... |
Meaning | A fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience. | |
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Example | "he was tingling with pleasure" | |
Synonym | pleasance | |
Narrower | comfort | A feeling of freedom from worry or disappointment |
delight, delectation | A feeling of extreme / extreme pleasure or satisfaction | |
enjoyment | The pleasure felt when having a good time | |
pleasantness | The feeling caused by agreeable stimuli | |
sexual pleasure | pleasure derived from sexual activities | |
Broader | feeling | The experiencing of affective and emotional states |
Opposite | pain, painfulness | emotional distress |
Spanish | goce, placer | |
Catalan | delit, gaudi, plaer | |
Verbs | please | give pleasure to or be pleasing to |
Meaning | Something or someone that provides a source of happiness. | |
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Example | "the pleasure of his company" | |
Synonyms | joy, delight | |
Broader | positive stimulus | A stimulus with desirable consequences |
Spanish | alegría, deleite, delicia, gozada, gozo, placer | |
Catalan | alegria, delit, gust, plaer | |
Verbs | please | give pleasure to or be pleasing to |
Meaning | A formal expression. | |
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Example | "he serves at the pleasure of the President" | |
Broader | choice, pick, selection | The person or thing chosen or selected |
Spanish | placer, satisfacción |
Meaning | An activity that affords enjoyment. | |
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Example | "he puts duty before pleasure" | |
Narrower | luxuriation | An activity that affords excessive pleasure and enjoyment |
Broader | activity | Any specific behavior |
Spanish | placer | |
Catalan | plaer | |
Verbs | please | give pleasure to or be pleasing to |
please | be the will of or have the will (to) |
Meaning | sexual gratification / gratification. | |
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Example | "he took his pleasure of her" | |
Broader | sexual activity, sexual practice, sex, sex activity | Activities associated with sexual intercourse |
Spanish | disfrute, goce, gozo, placer | |
Catalan | plaer |
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