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[ plezh-er-uh-buhl ] / ˈplɛʒ ər ə bəl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR pleasurable ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivesuch as to give pleasure; enjoyable; agreeable; pleasant: a pleasurable experience. Origin of pleasurableFirst recorded in 1570–80; pleasure + -able OTHER WORDS FROM pleasurablepleas·ur·a·ble·ness, nounpleas·ur·a·bly, adverbqua·si-pleas·ur·a·ble, adjectivequa·si-pleas·ur·a·bly, adverb un·pleas·ur·a·ble, adjective Words nearby pleasurablePleasantville, please, pleased as Punch, Pleasence, pleasing, pleasurable, pleasure, pleasure dome, pleasure principle, pleat, pleater Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pleasurableIt’s a transportive and pleasurable experience that people seek to achieve, and that neuroscience is now seeking to understand. The Neurology of Flow States - Issue 91: The Amazing Brain|Heather Berlin|October 14, 2020|Nautilus Happiness tends to be the pleasurable feeling we get from having the sense that life is going well. How to find joy during tough times|By Angela Gorrell/The Conversation|October 9, 2020|Popular Science Seduce yourself, appropriate your own longing for a better, more pleasurable, more spectacular future. Solarpunk Is Growing a Gorgeous New World in the Cracks of the Old One|Carin Ism|September 6, 2020|Singularity Hub For more than decade, flying has been made irksome rather than pleasurable by an ever-increasing fortress culture at airports. Twin Disasters Turn 2014 Into the Year of Flying Dangerously|Clive Irving|July 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Of course, pleasure is certainly more, well, pleasurable than pain. The Science of Weepies: Why We Love Crying at the Movies|Elizabeth Picciuto|June 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST Commit to exercise every day for the first month, even if the first time will be more annoying than pleasurable. The Behavioral Economics of Your New Year’s Resolutions|Uri Gneezy|January 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST Made into a pleasurable movie starring Lee Marvin—worth seeing just for Jack Palance as a good guy. Ivan Doig’s Book Bag: Five Favorite Books on the American West|Ivan Doig|August 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST That attitude has no doubt influenced whether these experiences are pleasurable or aversive. Can Women Orgasm During Childbirth?|Lizzie Crocker|June 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST Jim took his place with a pleasurable feeling of excitement and interest. Frontier Boys in Frisco|Wyn Roosevelt We all shuddered with pleasurable horror at the thought that we were to be spectators of a Russian novel in real life. Boston Neighbours In Town and Out|Agnes Blake Poor Could I have believed that any pleasurable sensation would so soon have found access to my heart? Corinne, Volume 1 (of 2)|Mme de Stael His elation was extreme, and so pleasurable that whenever it flagged he hastened to order more drinks. A Set of Six|Joseph Conrad Next morning Bullion Flat was in a flurry of excitement and pleasurable anticipation.
British Dictionary definitions for pleasurable
adjectiveenjoyable, agreeable, or gratifying Derived forms of pleasurablepleasurableness, nounpleasurably, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to pleasurableenjoyable, gratifying, entertaining, satisfying, pleasing, sensual |