self-pleasing
1 of 2adjective
self-pleas·ing ˌself-ˈplē-ziŋ 
: giving pleasure to oneself : pleasing to oneself
a self-pleasing lifestyle
self-pleasing behaviors
"… we're a band of audiophiles and also a self-pleasing band. If we're making the music we really want to be making … that's how we define success. …"
Paul Deakin
Paul Deakinself-pleasing
2 of 2noun
: the giving of pleasure to oneself
… it is the way of worldliness and earthly mindedness, the way of sensuality and self-pleasing. Sam Lomen
Sam LomenLife involves a healthy balance between "people-pleasing" and "self-pleasing." Robert Whitley
Robert Whitley
Word History
First Known Use
Adjective
1590, in the meaning defined above
Noun
1583, in the meaning defined above
self-pleasing
adjective
as in sensual
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- sensual
- hedonistic
- voluptuary
- voluptuous
- sybaritic
- onanistic
- gluttonous
- masturbatory
- self-indulgent
- greedy
- Cyrenaic
- voracious
- rapacious
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- abstemious
- temperate
- abstinent
- sober
- continent
- ascetic
- abstentious
- ascetical
- self-abnegating
- austere
- self-denying
- disciplined
- self-controlled
- self-disciplined
- self-governed
- semi-skimmed milk
- semiabstract
- semiabstraction
- semiabstractions
- semiaerial
- semiamphibious
- semiannual
- semiannually
- semianthracite
- semiape
- semiaquatic
- semiarboreal
- semiarch
- semiarid
- semiaridities
- semiaridity
- semiauto
- semiautobiographical
- semiautobiographies
- semiautobiography
- semiautomated
- semiautomatic
- semiautomatically
- semiautomatics
- semiautonomies