pleasure
What joy brings
Pleasure is a feeling of enjoyment, satisfaction, or gratification.
Physical pleasures include eating, sex, and comfort; mental pleasures include accomplishment and discovery.
It was a pleasure to meet you is a polite formula.
To take pleasure in something is to enjoy it.
The verb means to give pleasure: eager to pleasure her partner.
At your pleasure means whenever you wish.
A pleasure can be a source of enjoyment: one of life's simple pleasures.
Joyful emotional state
- joyIntense positive emotion
- delightIntense pleasure or satisfaction
- blissPerfect, serene felicity
- contentmentPeaceful satisfaction with circumstances
elation · euphoria · ecstasy · rapture · glee · satisfaction · cheerfulness · jubilation
Pleased entertainment state
- funAmusement or pleasure
- recreationRefreshment through leisure
- partyGathering for celebration
- gamesOrganized competitive activities
music · dance · laughter · festival · merriment · diversion · celebration · pastime
Pursuit of gratification
- decadenceMoral decline through excess
- treatsSnacks given as rewards
- pamperingLavish attentive care
- splurgingSpending freely, excessively
self-indulgence · luxury · excess · feasting · epicurean · gourmet · spoiling · dessert
Slight stinging sensation
- shiverInvoluntary trembling sensation
- warmthHeat you feel
- sensationPerceived stimulus or phenomenon
- savorEnjoy with full attention
taste · touch · aroma · caress · massage · soak · endorphins · serotonin
Leisure time away
- holidayDay of rest
- resortPlace for getaways
- getawaySwift departure or retreat
- cruiseLeisurely ocean voyage
beach · relaxation · sightseeing · escape · retreat · paradise · destination · excursion
happiness
Joyful emotional state
contentment · elation · euphoria · ecstasy · rapture · glee · satisfaction · cheerfulness · jubilation · exhilaration
amusement
Pleased entertainment state
- funAmusement or pleasure
- recreationRefreshment through leisure
- partyGathering for celebration
games · music · dance · laughter · festival · merriment · diversion · celebration · pastime · leisure
hedonism
Pursuit of gratification
splurging · self-indulgence · luxury · excess · feasting · epicurean · gourmet · spoiling · dessert · chocolate
tingle
Slight stinging sensation
savor · taste · touch · aroma · caress · massage · soak · endorphins · serotonin · relish
vacation
Leisure time away
cruise · beach · relaxation · sightseeing · escape · retreat · paradise · destination · excursion · tourism
- pleasureenjoyment, delight, gratification, contentment, satisfaction
- experiencesadventure, journey, moment, event, feeling
- indulgenceindulgence, indulge, indulgent, self-indulgent, overindulgence
- joyhappiness, gladness, joyfulness, elation, delight
- perceptionssensation, sight, smell, taste, touch
- rewardreward, reinforcement, incentive, gratification, satisfaction
pleasurepain
Bodily or emotional distress
agony · suffering · discomfort · anguish · torment
pleasureduty
Required moral task
obligation · necessity · compulsion · work · labor
- my pleasureGracious response to gratitude
- guilty pleasureEnjoyment tinged with shame
- with pleasureWilling and eager agreement
- mixes business with pleasureCombines work and recreation
- pleasure and pain
- take pleasureExperience enjoyment
displeasure, pleasures, pleasurable, pleasure principle, pleasured, pleasurably, pleasuring, displeasures, pleasureless