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Antonyms for pleasurable
ˈplɛʒ ər ə bəlplea·sur·able

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  1. pleasurableadjective

    that gives pleasure

    Synonyms:
    pleasant, pleasing, nice

English Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 1 vote

  1. pleasurable

    Agreeable refers to whatever gives a mild degree of pleasure; as, an agreeable perfume. Acceptable indicates a thing to be worthy of acceptance; as, an acceptable offering. Grateful is stronger than agreeable or gratifying, indicating whatever awakens a feeling akin to gratitude. A pleasant face and pleasing manners arouse pleasurable sensations, and make the possessor an agreeable companion; if possessed of intelligence, vivacity, and goodness, such a person's society will be delightful. Criminals may find each other's company congenial, but scarcely delightful. Satisfying denotes anything that is received with calm acquiescence, as substantial food, or established truth. That is welcome which is received with joyful heartiness; as, welcome tidings. Compare BEAUTIFUL; CHARMING; DELICIOUS.

    Antonyms:
    depressing, disappointing, distressing, hateful, horrible, melancholy, miserable, mournful, painful, saddening, woful, wretched

    Synonyms:
    acceptable, agreeable, congenial, delicious, delightful, grateful, gratifying, pleasant, pleasing, refreshing, satisfying, welcome

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. enjoyable, gratifying, pleasurableadjective

    affording satisfaction or pleasure

    "the company was enjoyable"; "found her praise gratifying"; "full of happiness and pleasurable excitement"; "good printing makes a book more pleasurable to read"

    Antonyms:
    unpleasant

    Synonyms:
    gratifying, enjoyable, sweet

How to use pleasurable in a sentence?

  1. John D. Rockefeller:

    I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.

  2. Rhonda Cohen:

    We're frightened, yet we're also excited at the same time. ... We release dopamine which provides us with a pleasurable feeling, the first second you start accelerating incredibly fast, it leaves you almost breathless.

  3. Matt Welch:

    Strange things happen to men in their 40s, and this was my midlife crisis, i hadn't thought about baseball cards in 30 years. But then I bought one, then two, and it was so pleasurable I thought 'Oh hell, why not?'.

  4. Heywood Broun:

    The urge to gamble is so universal and its practice so pleasurable that I assume it must be evil.

  5. Sarah Church:

    So, [that means] adding more positive, fun activities to their lives that sort of crowd out the amount that they’re drinking and increasing pleasurable activities.

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#8709horrible
#9372painful
#15772disappointing
#17102miserable
#18616unpleasant
#20906depressing
#25291melancholy
#30054hateful
#30945wretched
#31143pleasurable
#42423distressing
#60125mournful
#155391saddening

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