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Dictionary Entries (8 more entries. View all »)
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pleas·ure 
Audio Help [plezh-er] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -ured, -ur·ing.
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Audio Help [plezh-er] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -ured, -ur·ing. –noun
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| 1. | the state or feeling of being pleased. |
| 2. | enjoyment or satisfaction derived from what is to one's liking; gratification; delight. |
| 3. | worldly or frivolous enjoyment: the pursuit of pleasure. |
| 4. | recreation or amusement; diversion; enjoyment: Are you traveling on business or for pleasure? |
| 5. | sensual gratification. |
| 6. | a cause or source of enjoyment or delight: It was a pleasure to see you. |
| 7. | pleasurable quality: the pleasure of his company. |
| 8. | one's will, desire, or choice: to make known one's pleasure. |
| 9. | to give pleasure to; gratify; please. |
| 10. | to take pleasure; delight: I pleasure in your company. |
| 11. | to seek pleasure, as by taking a holiday. |
[Origin: 1325–75; late ME (see please, -ure); r. ME plaisir < MF (n. use of inf.) < L placére to please]
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pleas·ure·ful, adjective
pleas·ure·less, adjective
pleas·ure·less·ly, adverb
—Synonyms 1. happiness, gladness, delectation. 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. 5. voluptuousness. 8. preference, wish, inclination, predilection.
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Thesaurus Entries (6 more entries. View all »)
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| Main Entry: | pleasure | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective | |
| Synonyms: | amatory, delectable, epicurean, hedonic, hedonistic, pleasing, pleasurable, sensual, sybaritic, vicarious, eudaemonic | |
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| Main Entry: | pleasure | |
| Part of Speech: | noun | |
| Synonyms: | amusement, bliss, cheerfulness, choice, comfort, contentment, delectation, delicacy, delight, desire, diversion, ecstasy, enjoyment, fancy, felicity, fruition, fun, gladness, gratification, happiness, hobby, inclination, jollity, joy, like, merriment, mirth, preference, recreation, relish, selection, sensuality, treat, voluptuousness, will, cakes and ale, carpe diem, gloating, hedonism, sybaritism, titillation, titivation | |
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| Main Entry: | pleasure | |
| Part of Speech: | verb | |
| Synonyms: | disport | |
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Encyclopedia Articles (222 more entries. View all »)
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Pleasure Ridge Park, uninc. town (1990 pop. 25,131), Jefferson co., N Ky. It is a residential suburb of Louisville.
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