pleasure
n. enjoyment, amusement, entertainment; delight, joy v. cause someone enjoyment, provide someone else with a pleasurable experience | ||||
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Pleasure Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Pleasure
(v. t.)
To give or afford pleasure to; to please; to gratify.
(v. i.)
To take pleasure; to seek pursue pleasure; as, to go pleasuring.
(n.)
What the will dictates or prefers as gratifying or satisfying; hence, will; choice; wish; purpose.
(n.)
The gratification of the senses or of the mind; agreeable sensations or emotions; the excitement, relish, or happiness produced by the expectation or the enjoyment of something good, delightful, or satisfying; -- opposed to pain, sorrow, etc.
(n.)
That which pleases; a favor; a gratification.
(n.)
Amusement; sport; diversion; self-indulgence; frivolous or dissipating enjoyment; hence, sensual gratification; -- opposed to labor, service, duty, self-denial, etc.
(v. t.)
To give or afford pleasure to; to please; to gratify.
(v. i.)
To take pleasure; to seek pursue pleasure; as, to go pleasuring.
(n.)
What the will dictates or prefers as gratifying or satisfying; hence, will; choice; wish; purpose.
(n.)
The gratification of the senses or of the mind; agreeable sensations or emotions; the excitement, relish, or happiness produced by the expectation or the enjoyment of something good, delightful, or satisfying; -- opposed to pain, sorrow, etc.
(n.)
That which pleases; a favor; a gratification.
(n.)
Amusement; sport; diversion; self-indulgence; frivolous or dissipating enjoyment; hence, sensual gratification; -- opposed to labor, service, duty, self-denial, etc.
| WordNet 2.0 |
pleasure
Noun
1. a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience; "he was tingling with pleasure"
(synonym) pleasance
(antonym) pain, painfulness
(hypernym) feeling
(hyponym) delight, delectation
(derivation) please, delight
2. something or someone that provides pleasure; a source of happiness; "a joy to behold"; "the pleasure of his company"; "the new car is a delight"
(synonym) joy, delight
(hypernym) positive stimulus
(derivation) please, delight
3. a formal expression; "he serves at the pleasure of the President"
(hypernym) choice, pick, selection
4. an activity that affords enjoyment; "he puts duty before pleasure"
(hypernym) activity
(derivation) please
5. sexual gratification; "he took his pleasure of her"
(hypernym) sexual activity, sexual practice, sex, sex activity
Noun
1. a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience; "he was tingling with pleasure"
(synonym) pleasance
(antonym) pain, painfulness
(hypernym) feeling
(hyponym) delight, delectation
(derivation) please, delight
2. something or someone that provides pleasure; a source of happiness; "a joy to behold"; "the pleasure of his company"; "the new car is a delight"
(synonym) joy, delight
(hypernym) positive stimulus
(derivation) please, delight
3. a formal expression; "he serves at the pleasure of the President"
(hypernym) choice, pick, selection
4. an activity that affords enjoyment; "he puts duty before pleasure"
(hypernym) activity
(derivation) please
5. sexual gratification; "he took his pleasure of her"
(hypernym) sexual activity, sexual practice, sex, sex activity
| The Devil's Dictionary |
PLEASURE
Pleasure, (n.)
The least hateful form of dejection.
Pleasure, (n.)
The least hateful form of dejection.
| hEnglish - advanced version |
pleasure
pleasure
\pleas"ure\ (?), n. [f. plaisir, originally an infinitive. see please.]
1. the gratification of the senses or of the mind; agreeable sensations or emotions; the excitement, relish, or happiness produced by the expectation or the enjoyment of something good, delightful, or satisfying; -- opposed to pain, sorrow, etc. at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. xvi. 11.
2. amusement; sport; diversion; self-indulgence; frivolous or dissipating enjoyment; hence, sensual gratification; -- opposed to labor, service, duty, self-denial, etc. "not sunk in carnal pleasure." he that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man. xxi. 17. lovers of pleasures more than lovers of god. iii. 4.
3. what the will dictates or prefers as gratifying or satisfying; hence, will; choice; wish; purpose. "he will do his pleasure on babylon." xlviii. 14. use your pleasure; if your love do not presuade you to come, let not my letter.
4. that which pleases; a favor; a gratification. festus, willing to do the jews a pleasure xxv. 9.
similar words(7)
play pleasure
gold of pleasure
lady of pleasure
to take pleasure in
at pleasure
pleasure principle
pleasure-unpleasure principle
pleasure
\pleas"ure\ (?), n. [f. plaisir, originally an infinitive. see please.]
1. the gratification of the senses or of the mind; agreeable sensations or emotions; the excitement, relish, or happiness produced by the expectation or the enjoyment of something good, delightful, or satisfying; -- opposed to pain, sorrow, etc. at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. xvi. 11.
2. amusement; sport; diversion; self-indulgence; frivolous or dissipating enjoyment; hence, sensual gratification; -- opposed to labor, service, duty, self-denial, etc. "not sunk in carnal pleasure." he that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man. xxi. 17. lovers of pleasures more than lovers of god. iii. 4.
3. what the will dictates or prefers as gratifying or satisfying; hence, will; choice; wish; purpose. "he will do his pleasure on babylon." xlviii. 14. use your pleasure; if your love do not presuade you to come, let not my letter.
4. that which pleases; a favor; a gratification. festus, willing to do the jews a pleasure xxv. 9.
similar words(7)
play pleasure
gold of pleasure
lady of pleasure
to take pleasure in
at pleasure
pleasure principle
pleasure-unpleasure principle
| Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1 |
pleasure
áthas (used in Munster), lúthgháir, sógh
áthas (used in Munster), lúthgháir, sógh
| English Phonetics |
| JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary |
Cyffawd
Cyffawd = n. mutual pleasure
Cyffawd = n. mutual pleasure
Dywenydd
Dywenydd = n. pleasure, bliss
Gwarwy
Gwarwy = n. pleasure
Llawdd
Llawdd = n. pleasure, delight, a. delectable, solacing
Llawddawg
Llawddawg = a. yielding pleasure
Lloniant
Lloniant = n. inward pleasure
Llonychiad
Llonychiad = n. a giving pleasure
Trythyllu
Trythyllu = v. to follow pleasure
| Dream Dictionary |
Pleasure
To dream of pleasure, denotes gain and personal enjoyment.
See Joy.
To dream of pleasure, denotes gain and personal enjoyment.
See Joy.
| Phobia |
Hedonophobia
Fear of pleasure
Fear of pleasure
Pleasure Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
| English-Latin Online Dictionary |
pleasure
delectatio, iucunditas, voluptas
delectatio, iucunditas, voluptas
Pleasure Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
| English to Federation-Standard Golic Vulcan |
Pleasure
sanosh (anc.)
sanosh (anc.)
| English - Klingon |
pleasure
n. bel
n. bel
Pleasure Definition from Society & Culture Dictionaries & Glossaries
| The Scotch Whisky by SDA v.4.20 |
Puffin's Pleasure
Puffin's Pleasure, De Luxe Blended Scotch Whisky
By: The Scottish Collection (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Puffin's Pleasure, De Luxe Blended Scotch Whisky
By: The Scottish Collection (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Pleasure Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary |
Adna
pleasure; delight
pleasure; delight
Eden
pleasure; delight
Jehoaddan
pleasure, or time, of the Lord
Pleasure Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Pleasure
Pleasure is commonly conceptualized as somehow opposed to pain or suffering, though it has received much less scientific attention. Arthur Schopenhauer, 19th Century German philosopher, understood pleasure as a negative sensation, as it negates the usual existential condition, that of suffering. Pleasure can be brought about in different ways, depending on how every individual senses the feeling of pleasure. Some feel this phenomenon through music, sexuality, drugs, writing, accomplishment, recognition, service, and any other imaginable activity; even pain. It also refers to "enjoyment" related to certain physical, sensual, emotional or mental experience.
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