pleasure-seeking

ADJECTIVE

epicurean

Synonyms

STRONG

gourmet libertine

WEAK

gourmandizing hedonistic luxurious self-indulgent sensual sensuous sybaritic voluptuous

ADJECTIVE

gay

Synonyms

STRONG

glad jolly keen sparkling wild

WEAK

animate animated blithe blithesome bouncy brash carefree cheerful cheery chipper chirpy confident convivial devil-may-care festive frivolous frolicsome fun-loving gamesome gleeful hilarious insouciant jocund jovial joyful joyous lighthearted lively merry mirthful playful presuming pushy rollicking self-assertive spirited sportive sprightly sunny vivacious zippy

Antonyms

STRONG

dull sad unhappy

WEAK

colorless depressed discouraged lifeless plain uncolorful upset worried

ADJECTIVE

sensuous

Synonyms

STRONGEST

lush sensual voluptuous

WEAK

carnal epicurean exciting fleshly fleshy hedonistic luscious luxurious passionate physical pleasurable pleasure-loving primrose rich self-indulgent sensory sensualistic sumptuous sybaritic

Antonyms

WEAK

despicable distasteful

ADJECTIVE

sybaritic

Synonyms

WEAK

epicurean hedonic hedonistic voluptuary voluptuous

ADJECTIVE

voluptuary

Synonyms

STRONG

epicurean

WEAK

hedonic hedonistic hot passionate sensualistic voluptuous

Example Sentences

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The NAc helps govern motivation, pleasure-seeking behaviors, and impulse control.

From Science Daily • Dec. 8, 2025

I always found something hopeful about Bourbon Street; if not the look or sound or smell of its pleasure-seeking, then the humanity of this common pursuit.

From Slate • Jan. 7, 2025

Most of us aren't these people, but likely wouldn't want anyone to become cruel because of our own pleasure-seeking behaviour either.

From Salon • Nov. 27, 2024

According to scientists, it is all about our brains' pleasure-seeking tendencies.

From BBC • Sep. 29, 2024

His elegies reveal the spirit of the pleasure-seeking society of new Rome and show the ineffectiveness of the attempt of Augustus to bring about a moral regeneration of the Roman people.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly

pleasure-seeking

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