pleasurable
Americanadjective
adjective
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
His “more real” is frustrating, pleasurable, terrifying, exalting, and as familiar as our own peculiar families.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026
We must behave in a manner that is pleasurable and inoffensive to them, in a manner that aligns with the characters on their favorite television show.
From Salon • Jan. 2, 2026
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
For newborns and very young children, speaking a rhyme and wiggling toes connects sound to a pleasurable and intimate act, as well as introducing the idea of rhythm and phrasing to newborns and young children.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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