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pleasureless

pleasureless adjective: without pleasure.

Adjective

pleasureless (not comparable)

  1. Without pleasure.
    • He is the declared enemy of all living by reflex action, of all that is done betwixt sleep and waking, of all the pleasureless pleasurings and imaginary duties in which we coin away our hearts and fritter invaluable years.1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Familiar Studies of Men and Books

Origin of pleasureless

From pleasure + -less.

Words formed from pleasureless

Questions about pleasureless

What does pleasureless mean?
Pleasureless means without pleasure.
What part of speech is pleasureless?
Pleasureless is an adjective.

Words near pleasureless in the dictionary

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

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