Hedonic: alternatives and connections

Capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; as, an a…

Having nice or quick sensibility; susceptible to slight impressions; acting keenly on the senses; sharp; keen; intense; as, a man of a…

At one's pleasure; as one wishes.

To regard with wonder and delight; to look upon with an elevated feeling of pleasure, as something which calls out approbation, esteem…

The quality of being agreeable or pleasing; that quality which gives satisfaction or moderate pleasure to the mind or senses.

In an agreeably manner; in a manner to give pleasure; pleasingly.

A small ornamental building with seats, or an arched seat, in a pleasure ground; a garden bower.

To abate, impair, or debase by mixture; to allay; as, to alloy pleasure with misfortunes.

That which allures; any real or apparent good held forth, or operating, as a motive to action; as, the allurements of pleasure, or of…

an inability to experience pleasure

Want of feeling; privation of passion, emotion, or excitement; dispassion; -- applied either to the body or the mind. As applied to th…

The act of approving; an assenting to the propriety of a thing with some degree of pleasure or satisfaction; approval; sanction; comme…

Fig.: Any region or scene of simple pleasure and untroubled quiet.

An act of civility or courtesy; care for the comfort and pleasure of others; as, attentions paid to a stranger.

A pleasure boat; a vessel or boat of state, elegantly furnished and decorated.

One whose great pleasure it is to gratify his appetite; a glutton; an epicure.

At or during pleasure.

That phase of the doctrine of utilitarianism taught by Jeremy Bentham; the doctrine that the morality of actions is estimated and dete…