adjective
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enjoyable, agreeable, or gratifying
Other Word Forms
- pleasurableness noun
- pleasurably adverb
- quasi-pleasurable adjective
- quasi-pleasurably adverb
- unpleasurable adjective
Etymology
Origin of pleasurable
Example Sentences
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The prose is clean and lucid, characters and cityscapes fully rendered, and “The Forsyte Saga” creates the pleasurable illusion that it might never end.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
The particular choice of pattern or cartoon character for that first plate is a decision that feels weighty but pleasurable.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026
Groceries cost more, time feels thinner and the idea that eating well — both pleasurable and nourishing — should be attainable on a modest budget can feel almost quaint.
From Salon • Dec. 28, 2025
Endorphins are the brain's "happy chemicals" and are released both to reduce stress and pain and in response to pleasurable experiences, such as laughing with friends over a truly terrible Christmas cracker joke.
From BBC • Dec. 22, 2025
Kit felt a small pleasurable stir of curiosity.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
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