Meanings
verbtake pleasure (third-person singular simple present takes pleasure, present participle taking pleasure, simple past took pleasure, past participle taken pleasure)
present singular third person takes pleasure · participle present taking pleasure · past took pleasure · participle past taken pleasure
- To have enjoyment.
Is it wrong to take pleasure in other people's misfortunes?
Synonyms: delight in, bask
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo have enjoyment.
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Translations
Arabic تَلَذَّذَ, اِلْتَذَّ
- تَلَذَّذَ (talaḏḏaḏa)to have enjoyment
- اِلْتَذَّ (iltaḏḏa)to have enjoyment
- تَمَتَّعَ (tamattaʕa)to have enjoyment
Finnish iloita, riemuita
- iloitato have enjoyment
- riemuitato have enjoyment
- nauttiato have enjoyment
- ottaa ilo irtito have enjoyment
French prendre du plaisir
- prendre du plaisirto have enjoyment
Hindi आनंद लेना
- आनंद लेना (ānand lenā)to have enjoyment
Korean 즐기다
- 즐기다 (jeulgida)to have enjoyment
Māori whakaahuareka
- whakaahuarekato have enjoyment
Persian لذت بردن
- لذت بردن (lezzat bordan)to have enjoyment
Polish cieszyć się, czerpać przyjemność
- cieszyć sięto have enjoyment
- czerpać przyjemnośćto have enjoyment
Spanish complacerse, regodearse
- complacerseto have enjoyment
- regodearseto have enjoyment
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APA
take pleasure. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20pleasure
MLA
“take pleasure.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20pleasure. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “take pleasure,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20pleasure.
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