Pleasurable Meaning
/ˈplɛʒəɹəbəl/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjThat gives pleasure
Sentence Examples
It was a very pleasurable experience.
I've always found her unbelievably pleasurable.
A pleasurable thrill of excitement made Tuppence tingle.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The hot bath after a long hike was a ____ experience for the tired hiker.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The spa offered a range of ____ treatments designed to relax both the body and the mind.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English pleasure Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English pleasurable From pleasure + -able.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"At Rome every Pleasurable Female pays a Julio per Week to the Church […]"
— 1723, Charles Walker, Memoirs of the Life of Sally Salisbury:
"Happiness is, therefore, a thing most excellent and noble, as well as being most pleasurable […]"
— 1879, Walter Mooney Hatch, Edwin Hatch, The Moral Philosophy of Aristotle:
"Impassioned pleas for pleasurable instruction appeared from the pens of such thinkers as Plato, Sidney, and Dryden, this ideal ultimately becoming one of the acknowledged cornerstones of neoclassical criticism."
— 1978, Charles Batten, Pleasurable Instruction, →ISBN:
"Opiate receptors in human brains allow us to perceive pleasurable stimuli such as sweet tastes."
— 2006, Jonathan Balcombe, Pleasurable Kingdom: Animals and the Nature of Feeling Good, →ISBN:
"They love good food, well prepared, truly fresh, and pleasurable."
— 2011, Jamie Cat Callan, French Women Don't Sleep Alone: Pleasurable Secrets to Finding Love, →ISBN:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The hot bath after a long hike was a ____ experience for the tired hiker.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The spa offered a range of ____ treatments designed to relax both the body and the mind.