|
|
Definition of Pleasureless
1. a. Devoid of pleasure.
Definition of Pleasureless
1. Adjective. Without pleasure. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pleasureless
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pleasureless
Literary usage of Pleasureless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Páli Grammar by Kaccāyana, Francis Mason (1868)
"... the effects of visual impressions, whether pleasure or pain, painless or
pleasureless, whatever sensation is produced, on that also he puts restraint. ..."
2. Poets and Poetry of Poland: A Collection of Polish Verse, Including a Short by Paul Soboleski (1881)
"Here the Kozak's spirit must pleasureless roam; 'Tis so different all from our
own loved home! 'Tis different with us! sad notes e'er are sung, Because 'tis ..."
3. The Craftsman by Gustav Stickley (1904)
"The crushing weight of this pleasureless labor, laid with such cruel indifference
on our lives by the present anarchy, is what individuality is languishing ..."
4. The Happiness of Nations: A Beginning in Political Engineering by James MacKaye (1915)
"... pleasureless production; for example, when a man plunges into some form of
hard and useful labor to forget a sorrow. Such acts are, like pleasurable ..."
5. Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life by George Eliot (1873)
"... and it seemed to Will as if he were beholding in a magic panorama a future
where he himself was sliding into that pleasureless yielding to the small ..."
6. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau (1893)
"You have bestowed honors on mortals more than just, For which this pleasureless
rock you '11 sentinel, Standing erect, sleepless, not bending a knee; ..."
7. Páli Grammar by Kaccāyana, Francis Mason (1868)
"... the effects of visual impressions, whether pleasure or pain, painless or
pleasureless, whatever sensation is produced, on that also he puts restraint. ..."
8. Poets and Poetry of Poland: A Collection of Polish Verse, Including a Short by Paul Soboleski (1881)
"Here the Kozak's spirit must pleasureless roam; 'Tis so different all from our
own loved home! 'Tis different with us! sad notes e'er are sung, Because 'tis ..."
9. The Craftsman by Gustav Stickley (1904)
"The crushing weight of this pleasureless labor, laid with such cruel indifference
on our lives by the present anarchy, is what individuality is languishing ..."
10. The Happiness of Nations: A Beginning in Political Engineering by James MacKaye (1915)
"... pleasureless production; for example, when a man plunges into some form of
hard and useful labor to forget a sorrow. Such acts are, like pleasurable ..."
11. Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life by George Eliot (1873)
"... and it seemed to Will as if he were beholding in a magic panorama a future
where he himself was sliding into that pleasureless yielding to the small ..."
12. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau (1893)
"You have bestowed honors on mortals more than just, For which this pleasureless
rock you '11 sentinel, Standing erect, sleepless, not bending a knee; ..."
Other Resources:
