pleasuring
Providing sensual delight
Pleasuring is the act of giving pleasure, especially sexual pleasure.
The word carries an intimate, sometimes literary tone: She spent the evening pleasuring herself.
It can also describe non-sexual indulgence: He was pleasuring his appetite with expensive wines.
The sexual sense dominates contemporary usage.
Stirring to heightened state
- stimulationEvoking a response
- orgasmPeak sexual pleasure
- foreplayPre-coital intimacy
- intimacyEmotional closeness between people
seduction · eroticism · sensuality · caressing · touching · fondling · climax · desire
State of fulfilled desires
- fulfillmentState of achieved purpose
- indulgenceYielding to desire
- delightIntense pleasure or satisfaction
- enjoymentState of relishing something
bliss · ecstasy · euphoria · contentment · rapture · titillation · sensuality · hedonism
Providing amusement or enjoyment
- amusingCausing light laughter
- divertingAgreeably attention-stealing
- delightingGiving intense pleasure
- engagingPleasantly attractive, compelling attention
captivating · thrilling · exciting · regaling · frolicking · playing · romping · merrymaking
arousal
Stirring to heightened state
- stimulationEvoking a response
- orgasmPeak sexual pleasure
- foreplayPre-coital intimacy
intimacy · seduction · eroticism · sensuality · caressing · touching · fondling · climax · desire · passion
satisfaction
State of fulfilled desires
- fulfillmentState of achieved purpose
- indulgenceYielding to desire
- delightIntense pleasure or satisfaction
enjoyment · bliss · ecstasy · euphoria · contentment · rapture · titillation · sensuality · hedonism · pampering
entertaining
Providing amusement or enjoyment
- amusingCausing light laughter
- divertingAgreeably attention-stealing
- delightingGiving intense pleasure
engaging · captivating · thrilling · exciting · regaling · frolicking · playing · romping · merrymaking · carousing
pleasuringpaining
Causing physical distress
distressing · hurting · tormenting · upsetting · dismaying
pleasuringdenying
Refusing to acknowledge
depriving · withholding · frustrating · starving · refusing
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