Pleasure and Sadness

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Pleasure

Pleasure noun - The feeling experienced when one's wishes are met.
Usage example: nothing gives me more pleasure than a hot meal after a long day
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Sadness is an antonym for pleasure in topics: happiness, will, delight.
Nearby Words: pleasant, pleasing, pleased, pleasurable, pleasantly

Sadness

Sadness noun - A state or spell of low spirits.
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Pleasure is an antonym for sadness in unhappiness topic.
Nearby Words: sad, sadly
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How words are described

pure pure pleasure pure sadness
certain certain pleasure certain sadness
true true pleasure true sadness
genuine genuine pleasure genuine sadness
Other adjectives: sheer, open, obvious, actual, real, extreme, great, intense, incredible, eternal, immense, maximum, child-like.

Both words in one sentence

  • Emotion Eater Spyder was addicted to this stuff, claiming that even experiencing negative emotions like sadness and anger gave him pleasure.
    Source: Emotion Eater
  • This is also the goal of Buddhism - the quintessential Stoic did not at all lack emotions, quite the opposite, but rather endeavored not to be driven by their emotions (feel sadness but not grief, feel pleasure but not become addicted to it, etc).
    Source: Emotions vs. Stoicism
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