pleasureful

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adjective

That gives pleasure; delightful, pleasurable.

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Meanings

adjectivepleasureful (comparative more pleasureful, superlative most 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

Origin

From pleasure + -ful.

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APA

pleasureful. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pleasureful

MLA

“pleasureful.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pleasureful. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pleasureful,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pleasureful.

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