enjoyable

[en-joi-uh-buhl]

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adjective

giving or capable of giving joy or pleasure: a very enjoyable film.

Origin of enjoyable

First recorded in 1635–45; enjoy + -able

Related formsen·joy·a·ble·ness, nounen·joy·a·bly, adverbpre·en·joy·a·ble, adjectiveun·en·joy·a·ble, adjectiveun·en·joy·a·ble·ness, nounun·en·joy·a·bly, adverb

Synonyms for enjoyable

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pleasant, agreeable, delightful, satisfying.

Antonyms for enjoyable

boring, unpleasant; hateful, detestable, loathsome.

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Related Words for unenjoyable

tedious, unexciting, humdrum, dreary, depressing, tiresome, stale, arid, banal, common, commonplace, dismal, drab, dry, dull, dusty, flat, insipid, irksome, jejune

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Historical Examples of unenjoyable

Then began for Jacinth a quiet, regular, but far from unenjoyable life.
Robin Redbreast
Mary Louisa Molesworth
Life is an unenjoyable Canaan, with nothing real or substantial in it.
Sermons Preached at Brighton
Frederick W. Robertson
He thereby avoided the usual dryness of metaphysical studies, which makes them unenjoyable.
History of the Jews, Vol. III (of 6)
Heinrich Graetz

Word Origin and History for unenjoyable

enjoyable

adj.

1640s, "capable of being enjoyed," from enjoy + -able. Meaning "affording pleasure" is from 1744. Related: Enjoyably; enjoyableness.