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pleasureful

pleasureful adjective: that gives pleasure; delightful, pleasurable.

Adjective

pleasureful (comparative more pleasureful, superlative most pleasureful)

  1. That gives pleasure; delightful, pleasurable.
    • Schroeder's film shows that the overt S/M act is no different from the love affair, that pain is inherent in all relationships we prefer to think of as pleasureful.1976 December 11, David Holland, “A Conversation With Maitresse”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 24, page 13

Forms of pleasureful

comparativemore pleasureful
superlativemost pleasureful

Origin of pleasureful

From pleasure + -ful.

Words formed from pleasureful

Questions about pleasureful

What does pleasureful mean?
Pleasureful means that gives pleasure; delightful, pleasurable.
What part of speech is pleasureful?
Pleasureful is an adjective.

Words near pleasureful in the dictionary

  1. pleasured oneself
  2. pleasuredom
  3. pleasuredome
  4. pleasuredomes
  5. pleasuredoms
  6. pleasureful
  7. pleasurefully
  8. pleasureless
  9. pleasurelessly
  10. pleasurelessness
  11. pleasurement

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