PLEASURELESS Synonyms: 146 Similar and Opposite Words

pleasureless

adjective

Definition of pleasureless

as in dullish

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Recent Examples of pleasureless Kobayashi basically rewrote the book on how to turn pleasureless gluttony into a profession. — Washington Post, 1 July 2019 But the issue of female pleasure becomes the novel’s central, surprisingly pleasureless theme. — Ron Charles | The Washington Post, oregonlive.com, 7 June 2019

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pleasureless

Adjective

But Koreeda dawdles over all that without ever finding much dramatic nuance, making for a dullish midsection.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026

Definition of dullish

Adjective

Infrastructure inspection is exactly the kind of boring but highly practical application that modern airships excel at, Grossman says.

— Edd Gent, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Oct. 2026
The Milwaukee Brewers won what was, ultimately, a bit of a boring World Series in five games.

— Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of boring

Adjective

Tuning into specific moments across Repair reveals plenty of detail churning inside, but there’s little variation between each song, and the record can feel monotonous as a whole.

— Vanessa Ague, Pitchfork, 29 Oct. 2026
Japanese denim makers curate for customers eager to stand out from the crowd, and that has taken on a whole new meaning in the era of monotonous algorithmic recommendations and AI slop.

— Matt Alt, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of monotonous

Adjective

While the house is bursting with artwork that would make most museum curators envious, Herman’s home is surprisingly humble, built on a tight budget from prosaic materials.

— Marissa Gluck, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
Trump’s extravagant welcome gesture will almost certainly be matched by prosaic summit outcomes.

— Andy Browne, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of prosaic

Adjective

And no doubt that sequence continues to inform the tiresome topic more than a year later.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 26 Oct. 2026
The pre-selection debates about three- or four-loss SEC squads and some team no one actually watches will prove incredibly tiresome, too.

— Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of tiresome

Adjective

The actual reason the Dodgers lost, that the postseason in baseball is little more than a coin flip and small sample sizes flatten out any talent advantage, is boring and uninteresting.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
The city is flooded with dull and uninteresting structures clad in the material.

— Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of uninteresting

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