sunshine
noun [U] (PLEASURE) /ˈsʌn.ʃaɪn/Definition
› informal happiness or pleasure: Their grandchildren have brought sunshine into their lives.Pleasure and happiness › mainly UK informal used as a form of address, either in a friendly way, or to express unwillingness to accept another person's delays, bad behaviour, etc.: Hello, sunshine! Come on, sunshine, get a move on.Friendly and unfriendly terms of address
(Definition of sunshine noun (PLEASURE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- abandon noun
- afterglow noun
- bed of roses idiom
- bliss noun
- bonus noun
- delirium noun
- ecstasy noun (EMOTION)
- felicity noun (HAPPINESS)
- fun noun (PLEASURE)
- gaiety noun
- glee noun
- goody noun (PLEASANT THING)
- halcyon days noun
- happiness noun
- jubilation noun
- mirth noun
- nostalgia noun
- pleasure noun
- privilege noun
- rapture noun
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Pleasure and happiness
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