Antonyms for enjoyment
ɛnˈdʒɔɪ mənten·joy·ment

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1. enjoyment

   Entertainment and recreation imply thought and mental occupation, tho in an agreeable, refreshing way; they are therefore words of a high order. Entertainment, apart from its special senses of a public performance or a social party, and predominantly even there, is used of somewhat mirthful mental delight; recreation may, and usually does, combine the mental with the physical. Amusement and pastime are nearly equivalent, the latter probably the lighter word; many slight things may be pastimes which we should hardly dignify by the name of amusements. Sports are almost wholly on the physical plane, tho involving a certain grade of mental action; fox-hunting, horse-racing, and baseball are sports. Certain sports may afford entertainment or recreation to certain persons, according to their individual tastes; but entertainment and recreation are capable of a meaning so high as never to be approached by any meaning of sport. Cheer may be very quiet, as the cheer of a bright fire to an aged traveler; merriment is with liveliness and laughter; fun and frolic are apt to be boisterous. Amusement is a form of enjoyment, but enjoyment may be too keen to be called amusement. Compare synonyms for ENTERTAIN.

   Antonyms:
   ennui, fatigue, labor, lassitude, toil, weariness, work

   Synonyms:
   amusement, cheer, delight, diversion, entertainment, frolic, fun, merriment, pastime, pleasure, recreation, sport

Matched Categories

1. • Pleasure

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1. enjoymentnoun

   the pleasure felt when having a good time

   Synonyms:
   use, delectation

2. enjoyment, delectationnoun

   act of receiving pleasure from something

   Synonyms:
   use, delectation, delight

3. use, enjoymentnoun

   (law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property

   "we were given the use of his boat"

   Synonyms:
   usage, use, habit, delectation, use of goods and services, consumption, usance, role, function, utilization, utilisation, employment, economic consumption, manipulation, purpose, exercise

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1. enjoymentnoun

   Synonyms:
   pleasure, delight, gratification, delectation, felicity, fruition

How to use enjoyment in a sentence?

1. Cesare Pavese:

   Life is pain and the enjoyment of love is an anesthetic.

2. Douglas William Jerrold:

   Even the worse of jobs has their pleasures, if I were a grave digger or a hangmen, there are some people I could work for with a great deal of enjoyment.

3. Lakshheish M Patel:

   Mutual Fund companies are in complete desperation of making more fools to investors. In this bid, cos are sending e-mails in bulk to people to attract and make own enjoyment of their money.. MF & SIP is a big loss and fraud, people have understood it

4. Friedrich Nietzsche, The Gay Science, section 283:

   For believe me: the secret for harvesting from existence the greatest fruitfulness and greatest enjoyment is - to live dangerously.

5. Fiona Bull:

   Four in every five adolescents do not experience the enjoyment and social, physical, and mental health benefits of regular physical activity.

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