Word Meanings - LECHERY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Free indulgence of lust; lewdness. 2. Selfish pleasure; delight. Massinger.

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• DELIGHTING
  Giving delight; gladdening. -- De*light"ing*ly, adv. Jer. Taylor.
• DELIGHTLESS
  Void of delight. Thomson.
• SELFISHLY
  In a selfish manner; with regard to private interest only or chiefly.
• SELFISHNESS
  The quality or state of being selfish; exclusive regard to one's own interest or happiness; that supreme self-love or self- preference which leads a person to direct his purposes to the advancement of his own interest, power, or happiness, without
• DELIGHTOUS
  Delightful. Rom. of R.
• INDULGENCE
  Remission of the temporal punishment due to sins, after the guilt of sin has been remitted by sincere repentance; absolution from the censures and public penances of the church. It is a payment of the debt of justice to God by the application of
• PLEASURER
  A pleasure seeker. Dickens.
• PLEASURELESS
  Devoid of pleasure. G. Eliot.
• DELIGHTFUL
  Highly pleasing; affording great pleasure and satisfaction. "Delightful bowers." Spenser. "Delightful fruit." Milton. Syn. -- Delicious; charming. See Delicious. -- De*light"ful*ly, adv. -- De*light"ful*ness, n.
• PLEASURE
  1. The gratification of the senses or of the mind; agreeable sensations or emotions; the excitement, relish, or happiness produced by the expectation or the enjoyment of something good, delightful, or satisfying; -- opposed to Ant: pain,
• DELIGHTSOME
  Very pleasing; delightful. "Delightsome vigor." Grew. Ye shall be a delightsome land, . . . saith the Lord. Mal. iii. 12. -- De*light"some*ly, adv. -- De*light"some*ness, n.
• PLEASUREFUL
  Affording pleasure.
• DELIGHT
  1. A high degree of gratification of mind; a high-wrought state of pleasurable feeling; lively pleasure; extreme satisfaction; joy. Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not. Shak. A fool hath no delight in understanding. Prov. xviii.
• DELIGHTEDLY
  With delight; gladly.
• DELIGHTED
  Endowed with delight. If virtue no delighted beauty lack. Shak. Syn. -- Glad; pleased; gratified. See Glad.
• SELFISH
  Believing or teaching that the chief motives of human action are derived from love of self. Hobbes and the selfish school of philosophers. Fleming. (more info) 1. Caring supremely or unduly for one's self; regarding one's own comfort, advantage,
• DELIGHTABLE
  Capable of delighting; delightful. Many a spice delightable. Rom. of R.
• DELIGHTER
  One who gives or takes delight.
• OVERDELIGHTED
  Delighted beyond measure.
• SELF-INDULGENCE
  Indulgence of one's appetites, desires, or inclinations; -- the opposite of self-restraint, and self-denial.
• DISPLEASURE
  1. The feeling of one who is displeased; irritation or uneasiness of the mind, occasioned by anything that counteracts desire or command, or which opposes justice or a sense of propriety; disapprobation; dislike; dissatisfaction; disfavor;