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Synonyms for pleasurable
ˈplɛʒ ər ə bəlplea·sur·able
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
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.
Synonyms:
acceptable, agreeable, congenial, delicious, delightful, grateful, gratifying, pleasant, pleasing, refreshing, satisfying, welcomeAntonyms:
depressing, disappointing, distressing, hateful, horrible, melancholy, miserable, mournful, painful, saddening, woful, wretched
Princeton's WordNet
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"
Synonyms:
gratifying, enjoyable, sweetAntonyms:
unpleasant
Dictionary of English Synonymes
pleasurableadjective
Synonyms:
PLEASING
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#685 | welcome | |
#1157 | nice | |
#2466 | sweet | |
#4670 | acceptable | |
#5538 | pleasant | |
#7625 | delicious | |
#9031 | grateful | |
#10254 | enjoyable | |
#11543 | satisfying | |
#12582 | delightful | |
#13559 | refreshing | |
#16939 | pleasing | |
#29420 | agreeable | |
#31143 | pleasurable | |
#40362 | gratifying | |
#58985 | congenial |
How to use pleasurable in a sentence?
If I were a toy, I would be a Rubik's Cube since I am from the 80's and have a very colorful personality. I am complex, challenging, complicated, sometimes frustrating but oh so pleasurable when you figure me out!
We really encourage people to do more of whatever it is they love, 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.
There is some evidence to suggest that thrill-seeking is like anything pleasurable -- gambling, eating, -- it releases dopamine.
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.
There's a derogatory connotation that comes with the word selfish, as if somebody is making this decision typically for a pleasurable reason, maybe nearsighted is a better way of saying that their focus becomes really limited down to what's immediately in front of them. And they're not able to see the larger context of the history of their life, the relationships and the dimensionality of things.
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- plezurigaEsperanto
- placenteroSpanish
- miellyttäväFinnish
- tlachdmhorScottish Gaelic
- nyamanIndonesian
- приятныйRussian
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