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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Pleasure. (Hold on to your hats!) #172872 01/25/2008 2:53 PM Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 Hydra addict Hydra addict Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 Is there a noun specifically for the physical feeling of sexual pleasure? "Pleasure" is very general. The word "arousal" refers to the "evocation or awakening of sexual pleasure"; "gratification" refers to the feeling that comes after, as does "satisfaction"; "lust" the desire for but not the thing itself; "orgasm" is the climax of sexual excitement but not the excitement itself. As so it goes on, through every relevant entry in the thesaurus. Isn't there a simple word for the sensation of sexual excitement? A specific opposite of pain? Sorry if the answer is uberron. But I just can't remember. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Pleasure. (Hold on to your hats!) Hydra #172874 01/25/2008 4:54 PM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA dalehileman Pooh-Bah dalehileman Pooh-Bah Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA I think "arousal" fits well No pun dalehileman Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Pleasure. (Hold on to your hats!) dalehileman #172876 01/25/2008 5:28 PM Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 Hydra addict Hydra addict Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 I spose it'll have to do. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Pleasure. (Hold on to your hats!) Hydra #172891 01/26/2008 7:07 AM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada And of the list you gave only lust and orgasm specifically refer to sexual pleasure although arousal is unlikely to be used in other contexts except medically. I didn't run through the thesaurus though. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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