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pleasurable

/ˈplɛʒəɹəbəl/

pleasurable adjective: that gives pleasure.

Adjective

pleasurable (comparative more pleasurable, superlative most pleasurable)

  1. That gives pleasure
    • The massage was a pleasurable experience.
    • Planting of orchards is very […] pleasurable.c. 1620, Francis Bacon, letter of advice to Sir George Villiers
    Synonyms:
    nice, pleasant, pleasing

pleasurable meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Malayalam

pleasurable in Tamil

இன்பந் தருகிற, மகிழ்ச்சியளிக்கிற

pleasurable in Marathi

pleasurable, enjoyable
आनंददायी ānanddāyī

pleasurable in Urdu

خوش کن, مسرت انگیز

pleasurable in Malayalam

ആനന്ദകരമായ, തൃപ്തികരമായ, രസികമായ

Examples of pleasurable in a sentence

  • 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:
  • 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:

All 21 example sentences with pleasurable

Synonyms of pleasurable

Forms of pleasurable

comparativemore pleasurable
superlativemost pleasurable

Origin of pleasurable

From pleasure + -able.

Words formed from pleasurable

Questions about pleasurable

What does pleasurable mean?
Pleasurable means that gives pleasure.
What is pleasurable in Tamil?
Pleasurable in Tamil is இன்பந் தருகிற, மகிழ்ச்சியளிக்கிற. See Pleasurable meaning in Tamil.
How do you use pleasurable in a sentence?
At Rome every Pleasurable Female pays a Julio per Week to the Church […]
What part of speech is pleasurable?
Pleasurable is an adjective.
How do you pronounce pleasurable?
Pleasurable is pronounced /ˈplɛʒəɹəbəl/.

Words near pleasurable in the dictionary

  1. pleasingness
  2. pleasings
  3. Pleasington
  4. Pleasley
  5. pleasurability
  6. pleasurable
  7. pleasurableness
  8. pleasurablest
  9. pleasurably
  10. pleasurance
  11. pleasurances

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pleasurable (page history and authors); pleasurable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); आनंददायी (Marathi) (page history and authors); pleasurable (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pleasurable (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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