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take pleasure

VERB

bask

Synonyms

STRONGEST

indulge relish revel savor

STRONG

enjoy luxuriate rollick wallow welter

WEAK

delight in derive pleasure take comfort

Antonyms

STRONGEST

dislike hate

WEAK

cover hide

VERB

live

Synonyms

STRONGEST

flourish love thrive

STRONG

delight luxuriate prosper relish savor

WEAK

be happy make the most of

Antonyms

STRONGEST

fail languish

STRONG

dislike

WEAK

cease depart die not use

VERB

wallow

Synonyms

STRONG

bask delight enjoy glory grovel humor luxuriate pamper relish revel roll rollick spoil

WEAK

indulge oneself

Antonyms

STRONG

dislike hate ignore neglect

Example Sentences

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Aristotle recognized that we take pleasure in viewing fictional representations of tragedies, suffering and mutilated corpses that would repulse us if we confronted them in reality.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

He seems to take pleasure in making everything personal.

From Slate • Nov. 8, 2025

They take pleasure in the small things - celebrating Christmas for three months straight, or "crying my eyes out" at the Abba Voyage show.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2024

Few of us who are good human beings would take pleasure in that.

From Salon • Aug. 25, 2023

He hadn’t lost the power to live from second to second and to take pleasure, even, in the warm yellow light that filled the canoe.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman

take pleasure

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