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pleasure
noun as in delight, happiness
Strongest matches
amusement, bliss, comfort, contentment, enjoyment, gratification, hobby, joy, luxury, satisfaction, thrill
Strong matches
buzz, delectation, diversion, ease, entertainment, felicity, flash, fruition, game, gladness, gluttony, gusto, indulgence, joyride, kick, kicks, recreation, relish, revelry, seasoning, self-indulgence, solace, spice, titillation, turnon, velvet, zest
Weak matches
Example Sentences
One senior figure sums up the situation with no pleasure – discussion about changing the Labour leader "is both lunatic, and real".
Although Yaba also laments that no one excelling in his stage of the game, he also admonishes his pal, “You shouldn’t use this world for your own pleasure.”
“It’s the Riyadh Comedy Festival and all of your favorite comedians are performing at the pleasure of Turki Al-Sheikh.”
However, with the nonchalant dance-funk of “Freedom! ’90” — a pedestal-detonating manifesto on which he announces “I don’t belong to you/And you don’t belong to me” — Michael takes pleasure in ripping up his playbook.
The judges said: "A novel about how to live, and about the tensions within marriages, set against the most dramatic winter in living memory. It's a joy to read, a nerve-shredding pleasure."
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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