| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | A feeling of extreme gratification aroused by something good or desired: delectation, enjoyment, joy, pleasure. See HAPPY, LIKE. | | VERB: | 1. To like or enjoy enthusiastically, often excessively. Also used with in: adore, dote on or (upon), love. Slang : eat up, groove on. See LIKE, LOVE. 2. To give great or keen pleasure to: cheer, enchant, gladden, gratify, overjoy, please, pleasure, tickle. Archaic : joy. See HAPPY, LIKE. 3. To feel or take joy or pleasure: exult, joy, pleasure, rejoice. See HAPPY.
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