adv
In an adulatory manner.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To show a fondness for (something); to choose.
n
(in the plural, now rare) Pleasant qualities, charms.
v
(transitive) To praise greatly or extravagantly.
v
(intransitive) To engage in joyful activity in appreciation of an event.
v
(transitive, archaic) To feel compassion (for someone or with regard to something); to regard (someone or something) with compassion.
n
(obsolete) Delight, pleasure.
n
A backhanded compliment.
n
(rare) Pleasure in another's happiness.
adj
Relieved and exhilarated by imminent release from a time-serving burden.
adj
Characterized by giving love and affection.
v
(transitive) To make joyful or proud.
adj
Pleasant, capable of giving pleasure.
n
(very rare, nonstandard) Synonym of enjoyer
n
(countable) An activity that gives pleasure.
adj
(rare) Full of entreaty.
v
To praise; to make high.
adv
So as to extol; with praise.
n
Alternative form of extolment [(obsolete) Praise.]
n
(Philippines) Someone that assumes or imagines that one's affection is reciprocated; Someone that indulges in one's own wishful thinking; One who flatters oneself
n
The act of felicitating; a wishing of joy or happiness; congratulation.
adj
In a positive mood because of a comment or action which causes one to feel proud of oneself.
n
Pleasure derived from foreplay.
adj
Pleased, happy, gratified.
n
(obsolete) A boast; a triumphing.
v
(reflexive) To flatter; congratulate oneself; anticipate.
adj
Satisfied, pleased, or gruntled.
adv
In a manner that gratifies.
adj
Expressing pleasure or joy.
n
(archaic) Pleasure, goodwill, satisfaction.
adj
Obsolete form of harborous. [(obsolete) hospitable]
adv
Appended to praise of oneself or one's own doings, as a form of modesty.
n
Obsolete spelling of jouissance [(obsolete) Enjoyment, delight, pleasure.]
n
(obsolete) Enjoyment, delight, pleasure.
v
(obsolete) To derive pleasure of, by or with someone or something.
n
Affectionate, benevolent concern or care for other people or beings, and for their well-being.
n
(in Jewish culture) pleasure; delight
n
(usually Jewish) Feeling of contentment at another's successes.
adv
So as to pamper; with indulgent attentions.
n
Obsolete form of pleasance (“pleasure ground”). [A pleasure ground laid out with shady walks, trees and shrubs, statuary, and ornamental water; a secluded part of a garden.]
n
Alternative form of pleasance [A pleasure ground laid out with shady walks, trees and shrubs, statuary, and ornamental water; a secluded part of a garden.]
v
(dialectal) Alternative form of please [(transitive, intransitive) To make happy or satisfy; to give pleasure to.]
v
(in use generally from the Middle English period to the fifteenth century and persisting in Scots until the seventeenth century) Obsolete spelling of please [(transitive, intransitive) To make happy or satisfy; to give pleasure to.]
adj
Obsolete spelling of pleased [happy, content]
n
(obsolete) The feeling of being pleased; pleasure, delight.
adj
Giving pleasure; pleasing in manner.
n
(dated) Anything that promotes pleasure or merriment.
n
Alternative form of pleasance (“pleasure ground”) [A pleasure ground laid out with shady walks, trees and shrubs, statuary, and ornamental water; a secluded part of a garden.]
adj
Obsolete form of pleasant. [Giving pleasure; pleasing in manner.]
adj
(colloquial, simile, idiomatic, old-fashioned, dated) Pleased with one's actions or achievements
n
Someone or something which pleases.
n
(uncountable) One's preference.
n
A region of the brain which creates feelings of pleasure.
n
A pleasant or easy situation without any challenges.
n
Alternative spelling of pleasure seeker [A person who is motivated by personal enjoyment; a hedonist.]
adj
That gives pleasure; delightful, pleasurable.
n
Someone or something who pleasures.
n
One who is devoted to worldly pleasure.
n
(rare) The act of pleasurizing.
adj
(rare) Characterized by pleasure.
adj
(informal, nonstandard) Apt or tending to please; pleasing
adj
Obsolete form of pleasant. [Giving pleasure; pleasing in manner.]
v
(transitive, figuratively) To laud excessively.
n
A possession that is very highly valued.
adj
That makes one feel proud (of something one did)
v
(transitive, idiomatic) To hold in very high esteem, especially to an exaggerated degree.
v
(obsolete) To please, to satisfy.
v
(intransitive) To congratulate oneself, especially in a self-satisfied manner.
adj
Obsolete form of solicitous. [Disposed to solicit; eager to obtain something desirable, or to avoid anything evil.]
adj
(obsolete) Obsequious; obedient.
adj
Full of want or desire; desirous.
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