PLEASURE Synonyms

• the emotion of great happiness

• something or someone that provides a source of happiness

• feel happiness or joy

• make glad or happy

• experiencing joy and pleasure

• state of being gratified or satisfied

• the act or an instance of satisfying

• state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy

• emotions experienced when in a state of well-being

• the contentment one feels when one has fulfilled a desire, need, or expectation

• state of being gratified or satisfied

• compensation for a wrong

• (law) the payment of a debt or fulfillment of an obligation

• act of fulfilling a desire or need or appetite

• a feeling of delight at being entertained

• an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention

• a state of extreme happiness

• happiness with one's situation in life

• the pleasure felt when having a good time

• act of receiving pleasure from something

• (law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property

• a feeling of great (usually exaggerated) elation

• pleasing and appropriate manner or style (especially manner or style of expression)

• state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy

• activities that are enjoyable or amusing

• verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)

• violent and excited activity

• a disposition to find (or make) causes for amusement

• great merriment

• malicious satisfaction

• a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion

• a state of elated bliss

• the swift release of a store of affective force

• an almost pleasurable sensation of fright

• something that causes you to experience a sudden intense feeling or sensation

• cause to be thrilled by some perceptual input

• feel sudden intense sensation or emotion

• tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement

• fill with sublime emotion

• the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state

• an inclination to want things

• something that is desired

• feel or have a desire for; want strongly

• expect and wish

• express a desire for

• freedom to act or judge on one's own

• knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress

• refined taste; tact

• the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies

• the trait of judging wisely and objectively

• not plain; decorative or ornamented

• something many people believe that is false

• imagination or fantasy; held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination

• a predisposition to like something

• imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind

• have a fancy or particular liking or desire for

• make happy or satisfied

• yield (to); give satisfaction to