PLEASURED Synonyms: 89 Similar and Opposite Words

pleasured

verb

past tense of pleasure

as in pleased

to give satisfaction to a wine that is sure to pleasure even the most discriminating palate

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Recent Examples of pleasured Fifty years ago, a young woman named Hannah pleasured herself in a erotic magazine photo spread. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 May 2026

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After a multi-year hiatus from the show, Burgess pleased the judges with her first routine with Cameron.

— Katie Campione, Deadline, 15 Sep. 2026
The manner in which Marcos Llorente’s opener for Atletico transpired would not have pleased Andoni Iraola, even if the Spaniard needs time for his team to understand his out-of-possession demands.

— Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of pleased

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She was delighted by the story and assured me that had Bernard seen Eddie decapitate his work for a laugh, he would have been doubled over alongside my father.

— Jesse McLaren, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026
That opening-day land in Disney’s Animal Kingdom delighted families for 28 years, but officially closed in February 2026 to make way for an entirely new Tropical Americas land.

— Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of delighted

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The Jets tried to trade him during the summer, but were never able to get the deal that satisfied Kevin Cheveldayoff.

— Max Bultman, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Instead of recognizing that a 1-paragraph block is not a 10-paragraph block, the generation engine assumed that formatting the technical specifications neatly satisfied the underlying intent.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of satisfied

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Panther receivers Trevi Preische (5 receptions-129 yards, 2 TDs) and Lucas Sunwall (6-100, 1 TD) feasted on Vargas’ success.

— Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Sep. 2026
The pundits feasted on her neutrality, most venomously Megyn Kelly, who called her a coward.

— Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026

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