enjoyable


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en·joy

 (ĕn-joi′)
v. en·joyed, en·joy·ing, en·joys
v.tr.
1. To receive pleasure or satisfaction from.
2. To have the use or benefit of: enjoys good health.
v.intr.
To have a pleasurable or satisfactory time.
Idiom:
enjoy oneself
To have a pleasurable or satisfactory time.

[Middle English enjoien, from Old French enjoir : en-, intensive pref.; see en-1 + joir, to rejoice (from Latin gaudēre; see gāu- in Indo-European roots).]

en·joy′a·ble adj.
en·joy′a·bly adv.
en·joy′er n.
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en•joy•a•ble

(ɛnˈdʒɔɪ ə bəl)

adj.
giving or capable of giving enjoyment.
[1635–45]
en•joy′a•ble•ness, n.
en•joy′a•bly, adv.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.enjoyable - affording satisfaction or pleasure; "the company was enjoyable"; "found her praise gratifying"; "full of happiness and pleasurable excitement"; "good printing makes a book more pleasurable to read"
pleasant - affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings; "we had a pleasant evening together"; "a pleasant scene"; "pleasant sensations"
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enjoyable

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

enjoyable

adjective
Affording enjoyment:
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Translations
příjemný
behageligmorsom
nautittava
zabavan
ánægjulegur
楽しい
즐길 수 있는
prijeten
trevlig
ที่สนุกสนาน
thú vị

enjoyable

[ɪnˈdʒɔɪəbl] ADJ (= pleasant) → agradable; (= amusing) → divertido
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

enjoyable

[ɪnˈdʒɔɪəbəl] adj [experience, activity] → agréable; [day, evening] → agréable; [film] → divertissant(e); [book] → agréable à lire
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

enjoyable

adjnett; film, bookunterhaltsam, nett; evening, mealangenehm
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

enjoyable

[ɪnˈdʒɔɪəbl] adjpiacevole
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

enjoy

(inˈdʒoi) verb
1. to find pleasure in. He enjoyed the meal.
2. to experience; to be in the habit of having (especially a benefit). he enjoyed good health all his life.
enˈjoyable adjective
an enjoyable book; That was most enjoyable.
enˈjoyment noun
the enjoyment of life.
enjoy oneself
to experience pleasure or happiness. She enjoyed herself at the party.

enjoy must be followed by an object: He enjoys reading / We enjoyed ourselves .
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enjoyable

مـُمْتِع příjemný behagelig erfreulich απολαυστικός ameno nautittava appréciable zabavan divertente 楽しい 즐길 수 있는 plezierig underholdende przemiły agradável приятный trevlig ที่สนุกสนาน zevkli thú vị 令人愉快的
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References in classic literature ?
'Ah, here you are again!' said the Mouse; 'you must certainly have had an enjoyable day.'
Everything, together with the excellent dinner and the wine, not from Russian merchants, but imported direct from abroad, was extremely dignified, simple, and enjoyable. The party--some twenty--had been selected by Sviazhsky from among the more active new liberals, all of the same way of thinking, who were at the same time clever and well bred.
It was agreed all around that we had done wisely, because it would be just as enjoyable to walk DOWN the Neckar as up it, and it could not be needful to walk both ways.
I had an intuition that in his case the experiment had proved more enjoyable, but I am not one to break the bruised reed by making such a suggestion.
Leandra withdrawn from sight, Anselmo's eyes grew blind, or at any rate found nothing to look at that gave them any pleasure, and mine were in darkness without a ray of light to direct them to anything enjoyable while Leandra was away.
It was good to hear Dan and the doctor laugh--such natural and such enjoyable laughter had not been heard among our excursionists since our ship sailed away from America.
Here it is, dreadful but enjoyable!" was what the face of each soldier and each officer seemed to say.
It was a lively and pleasant time--a bright, enjoyable day.
Here was a good, dark-looking mystery progressing under that very roof-- brought home to the fireside, as it were, and enjoyable without the smallest pains or trouble.
The crowd poured out of the place and went flocking away in excited groups and couples, taking the events of the session over with vivacity and consuming interest, and everybody seemed to have had a satisfactory and enjoyable day except the accused, their counsel, and their old lady friend.
Elton's oddities, or of any thing else unpleasant, and enjoy all that was enjoyable to the utmost.
"It is not easy for even you." said Estella, "to know what satisfaction it gives me to see those people thwarted, or what an enjoyable sense of the ridiculous I have when they are made ridiculous.