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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Agreeable; gratifying.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Pleasing; giving or capable of giving pleasure; gratifying; pleasant.
  2. Pleasure-seeking; capable of receiving pleasure.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. that gives pleasure

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Capable of affording pleasure or satisfaction; gratifying; abounding in pleasantness or pleasantry.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. affording satisfaction or pleasure

Examples

  • “And while I don't know I'd use the word pleasurable, it's certainly not onerous to ride.”

    CNN Transcript Oct 6, 2005

  • “Barbiturates injected produce a rush effect which is described as a pleasurable, warm and drowsy feeling.”

    Simon & Schuster: Clinical Work with Adolescents

  • “An alarm clock is not what we can call a pleasurable object.”

    Thursday, April 23 – The Bleat.

  • “I cannot picture anything described as pleasurable, beautiful and peaceful, and picture extreme physical pain and discomfort in it.”

    Doctor Resigns From Hospital Because She Won’t Do Unneeded C-Sections

  • “Reading anyone's KGB dossier is never what might be called a pleasurable experience, and Sakharov's KGB dossier is no exception.”

    Hero

  • “This route is one of the most pleasurable, which is probably why I save it for last.”

    grouse Diary Entry

  • “She wanted to recall the pleasurable sensations of the day, and to prolong them.”

    The Heavenly Twins

  • “Not long after these exciting camp meetings and protracted efforts had passed over many of these persons, who had been most vociferous in their praise of God for cleansing them of their many sins, readily fell thereafter by the wayside in engaging in what is known as pleasurable evils.”

    The History of the Negro Church

  • “Philothea' [44] that it was forbidden to enjoy any bodily pleasure, except in lawful wedlock; this teaching recurred to my mind; the sensations I had experienced could certainly be described as pleasurable; I had, therefore, committed a sin, and, indeed, a sin of the most shameful and grievous character, because it was the sin most of all displeasing to the Lamb without blemish and without spot.”

    The Sexual Life of the Child

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