enjoying

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Enjoying is the present participle of enjoy, meaning to take pleasure or satisfaction in something.

It describes the ongoing experience of finding something pleasurable: I'm really enjoying this book, They were enjoying the warm weather.

To be enjoying yourself is to be having a good time.

pleasure

savoring

Enjoying something slowly

luxuriating · reveling · indulging · treating · pampering · feasting · splurging · decadence · hedonism · gourmet

appreciation

cherishing

Holding something deeply valued

esteeming · prizing · embracing · honoring · respecting · recognizing · acknowledging · celebrating · savoring · grateful

leisure

recreating

Making anew

entertaining · amusing · hobbyist · pastime · downtime · weekend · holiday · sightseeing · picnicking · lounging

happiness

joyful

Feeling great happiness

exhilarated · cheerful · jubilant · delighted · euphoric · merry · buoyant · lighthearted · radiant · vivacious

contentment

satisfied

Having enough, wanting nothing

comfortable · relaxed · at ease · calm · restful · harmonious · fulfilled · gratified · placid · untroubled

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Opposites
emotional response to experience

enjoyinghating

Feeling intense dislike

loathing · detesting · despising · abhorring · disliking

mode of engagement with experience

enjoyingsuffering

Sustained experience of distress

enduring · tolerating · bearing · putting up with · surviving

Phrases
Family

enjoy, enjoys, enjoyment, enjoyed, enjoyable, unenjoyable, enjoyments, enjoy oneself

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G