pleasure

pleasure is a 8-letter English word with 11 senses as noun, transitive verb, and intransitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The gratification of the senses or of the mind; agreeable sensations or emotions; the excitement, relish, or happiness produced by the expectation or the enjoyment of something good, delightful, or satisfying; -- opposed to pain, sorrow, etc. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 13 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The gratification of the senses or of the mind; agreeable sensations or emotions; the excitement, relish, or happiness produced by the expectation or the enjoyment of something good, delightful, or satisfying; -- opposed to pain, sorrow, etc.
2. noun. Amusement; sport; diversion; self-indulgence; frivolous or dissipating enjoyment; hence, sensual gratification; -- opposed to labor, service, duty, self-denial, etc.
3. noun. What the will dictates or prefers as gratifying or satisfying; hence, will; choice; wish; purpose.
4. noun. That which pleases; a favor; a gratification.
5. transitive verb. To give or afford pleasure to; to please; to gratify.
6. intransitive verb. To take pleasure; to seek pursue pleasure; as, to go pleasuring.
7. noun. sexual gratification

   "he took his pleasure of her"

8. noun. an activity that affords enjoyment

   "he puts duty before pleasure"

9. noun. a formal expression

   "he serves at the pleasure of the President"

10. noun. something or someone that provides a source of happiness

    "a joy to behold"

    "the pleasure of his company"

    Synonyms: delight, joy

11. noun. a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience

    "he was tingling with pleasure"

    Synonyms: pleasance

Synonyms

delight, joy, pleasance

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in pleasure:

serpulae

Common word forms

pleasured, pleasurer, pleasures, pleasuring, pleasureful, pleasureless, pleasurement

Words from these letters

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