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Meaning of "pleasure-loving" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PLEASURE-LOVING

pleasure-loving  [ˈplɛʒəˌlʌvɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PLEASURE-LOVING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pleasure-Loving is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PLEASURE-LOVING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of pleasure-loving in the English dictionary

The definition of pleasure-loving in the dictionary is enjoying pleasure.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PLEASURE-LOVING


diving
ˈdaɪvɪŋ
driving
ˈdraɪvɪŋ
duck-shoving
ˈdʌkˌʃʌvɪŋ
fun-loving
ˈfʌnlʌvɪŋ
giving
ˈɡɪvɪŋ
home-loving
ˈhəʊmˌlʌvɪŋ
improving
ɪmˈpruːvɪŋ
leaving
ˈliːvɪŋ
living
ˈlɪvɪŋ
loving
ˈlʌvɪŋ
moving
ˈmuːvɪŋ
nonloving
ˌnɒnˈlʌvɪŋ
peace-loving
ˈpiːsˌlʌvɪŋ
saving
ˈseɪvɪŋ
serving
ˈsɜːvɪŋ
shaving
ˈʃeɪvɪŋ
shoving
ˈʃʌvɪŋ
surviving
səˈvaɪvɪŋ
thanksgiving
ˈθæŋksˌɡɪvɪŋ
unloving
ʌnˈlʌvɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PLEASURE-LOVING

pleaser
pleasing
pleasingly
pleasingness
pleasurability
pleasurable
pleasurableness
pleasurably
pleasure
pleasure boat
pleasure craft
pleasure cruise
pleasure principle
pleasure steamer
pleasure trip
pleasure-seeker
pleasure-seeking
pleasureful
pleasureless
pleasurer

WORDS THAT END LIKE PLEASURE-LOVING

approving
carving
coving
craving
disapproving
earthmoving
fast-moving
Irving
nonmoving
problem-solving
proving
raving
reproving
roving
shelving
slow-moving
thriving
unapproving
unmoving
unreproving

Synonyms and antonyms of pleasure-loving in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pleasure-loving» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PLEASURE-LOVING

Find out the translation of pleasure-loving to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pleasure-loving from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pleasure-loving» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

快乐爱好
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

amante de los placeres
570 millions of speakers

English

pleasure-loving
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

खुशी को प्यार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المحبة لل متعة -
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

удовольствие любящих
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

amante dos prazeres
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পরিতোষ প্রেমী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

jouisseuse
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cinta kasih sayang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

vergnügungssüchtigen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

快楽を愛する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

기쁨 사랑
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Seneng-seneng
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

niềm vui , yêu thương
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இன்பம் விரும்பும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सुख-प्रेमळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

zevk seven
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

gaudente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kochający przyjemność
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

задоволення люблячих
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

- plăcere iubitoare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ηδονιστής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

plesier -liefdevolle
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

nöjeslystna
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

nytelsessyk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pleasure-loving

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PLEASURE-LOVING»

The term «pleasure-loving» is normally little used and occupies the 136.826 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PLEASURE-LOVING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pleasure-loving

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PLEASURE-LOVING»

Discover the use of pleasure-loving in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pleasure-loving and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Peer Prejudice and Discrimination: The Origins of Prejudice
Americans became viewed as less progressive and more pleasure loving from 1933 to 1967; Germans, in the same period, were viewed as more aggressive and nationalistic and less intelligent and stolid. The Jews came to be seen as less ...
Harold D. Fishbein, 2014
2
Commentary on Plato's Gorgias
For example, Callicles delivers pleasure-loving speeches, and the pleasure- loving passion dominates his life. Accordingly [Socrates] resists and tries to eliminate such speech. We must understand that ethical precepts belong to right opinion, ...
Olympiodorus (the Younger, of Alexandria), Robin Jackson, Kimon Lycos, 1998
3
Chocolate and Other Writings on Male Homoeroticism
If Shaw were not a comic writer, he would be considered a sage.78 In the company of pleasure-loving artists, black as crows, Bernard Shaw appeared white as a crane.79 But the artist in Oscar Wilde, the God who dwelt in him, was the ultimate ...
Pandey Bechan Sharma, 2009
4
Kingdoms Are Destroyed When Believers Confess Jesus Christ ...
Do not expect your pro-life efforts to make much difference as long as you allow pleasure-loving Christian men to have sex without taking their responsibility for what they are doing. If you have fathered a child it is your baby. If it is the result of  ...
Leonore Friesen Klassen, 2010
5
Classical Comedy: Armoury of Laughter, Democracy's Bastion ...
... a cameo picture of the difficulties in being married to such a pleasure-loving upper-class lady: Curses on the matchmaker that Arranged my marriage! Wasn't I Happy as I was? A countryman; An easy-going everyday life, but A good one.
Tom Rothfield, 1999
6
Why Me, Lord?
This harlot represented the lascivious, immoral, pleasure-loving, and pleasure- seeking nature of the Romans, which was the lifestyle the whole world loved. In the harlot's hand was a golden cup. It appeared to be full of fine wine, but instead it ...
Jim Taylor, 2014
7
Erstarrtes Denken: Studien zu Klischee, Stereotyp und ...
... 46 Stupid 22 10 4 Social 15 - 30 Physically dirty 17 — 3 Aggressive - 27 30 Pleasure-loving - 19 26 Arrogant — 23 18 Italians ' Jews Artistic 53 28 30 Shrewd 79 47 30 Impulsive 44 19 28 Mercenary 49 28 15 Passionate 37 25 44 Industrious ...
Günther Blaicher, 1987
8
No Tomorrow: The Ethics of Pleasure in the French Enlightenment
At the beginning of his story des Grieux blames Manon's "pleasure-loving tendencies" for all their misfortunes; by the end he says that his only real misfortune is Manon's death, "a tragedy without parallel" that he is "destined to bewail . . . for the ...
Catherine Cusset, 1999
9
Whee! We, Wee All the Way Home: A Guide to Sensual Prophetic ...
(65.10-13) Who needs additional evidence of the profound roots of Western spiritual traditions in a pleasure-loving, pleasure- seeking, pleasure-providing Providence? Who dares to measure what God's pleasure might be, having tasted of the ...
Matthew Fox, 1980
10
Little Sermons on Sin: The Archpriest of Talavera
Well, then, first of all, the sanguine man is very gay, open, laughing, and pleasure -loving; but, although the sanguine man naturally has these good qualities, if he uses them badly he corrupts and transforms them into bad ones, for, since he is ...
Alfonso Martínez de Toledo, 1959

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PLEASURE-LOVING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pleasure-loving is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Greenshirts cross the dreaded red line
... 'emergency exits', one can readily guess which one would be preferred unanimous choice of our pleasure-loving elite, but though the whisky ... «Pakistan Today, Jul 15»
2
Terry McMahon on the films that shaped him
Every Sunday morning our folks were pressured into bringing us kids to mass but the freethinking, pleasure-loving hedonists that they ... «The Irish Film Television Network, Jul 15»
3
Greece: highlights of the underrated Peloponnese
After a dinner in Sparta, a Sybarite, from pleasure-loving Sybaris, a Greek colony on the instep of Italy's boot, muttered, “Now I understand why ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
4
The Bard marries Métis history in Antony and Cleopatra wedding
... the founder of the Roman Empire and its first emperor, is responsible for spinning the image of Cleopatra as a manipulative, pleasure-loving ... «Winnipeg Free Press, Jun 15»
5
Andhra Pradesh completes one year: Past, present and future
They are the most pleasure-loving people who are always ready to quit their ease for fame and friendship. Mahatma Gandhi said of Andhra: ... «The Hans India, Jun 15»
6
The Portrait of Miss Bart
Or no, I won't blame anybody for my faults; I'll say it was in my blood, that I got it from some wicked pleasure-loving ancestress…” For readers of ... «The New York Review of Books, May 15»
7
Broadway Review: 'Gigi' Starring Vanessa Hudgens
... skirt-swirling moves for the girls in this number, although the boys are more giddy chorus cuties than pleasure-loving men-about-town. «Variety, Apr 15»
8
Blissed Out
Your baser instincts are not so base after all. That, at least, is the pleasure-loving message of this compendium of research nuggets about that ... «Wall Street Journal, Apr 15»
9
We all live like Elvis now
Even in his overconsumption of food, money and clothes, Elvis was ahead of the curve for the gadget-obsessed, pleasure-loving, fat modern ... «Spectator.co.uk, Feb 15»
10
Heaven is a place on earth: popular culture has more to say about …
The gods themselves were pleasure-loving, capricious and not notably moral; for ordinary mortals, the afterlife was a dim realm where witless ... «New Statesman, Feb 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Pleasure-Loving [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/pleasure-loving>. May 2024 ».
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