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Something that brings pleasure but is considered taboo, unadvisable or lowbrow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- For the renowned sushi chef, it was a guilty pleasure to eat fish sticks drowned in tartar sauce.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
惡趣味 /恶趣味
(èqùwèi)
— something that brings pleasure but is considered taboo
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Chinese Mandarin:
負罪的快感 /负罪的快感
(fùzuì de kuàigǎn)
— something that brings pleasure but is considered taboo
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Chinese Mandarin:
怪癖
(guàipǐ)
— something that brings pleasure but is considered taboo
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Chinese Mandarin:
俗人之樂 /俗人之乐
(súrén zhī lè)
— something that brings pleasure but is considered taboo
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Czech:
hříšné potěšení
— something that brings pleasure but is considered taboo
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Czech:
tajná neřest
— something that brings pleasure but is considered taboo
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Finnish:
salainen pahe
— something that brings pleasure but is considered taboo
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French:
péché mignon
— something that brings pleasure but is considered taboo
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German:
heimliches Vergnügen
— something that brings pleasure but is considered taboo
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German:
lasterhaftes Vergnügen
— something that brings pleasure but is considered taboo
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German:
billiges Vergnügen
— something that brings pleasure but is considered taboo
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German:
sündhafte Freude
— something that brings pleasure but is considered taboo
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German:
Laster
— something that brings pleasure but is considered taboo
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German:
sündhaftes Vergnügen
— something that brings pleasure but is considered taboo
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Hebrew:
גילטי פלז׳ר
(gílti plézher)
— something that brings pleasure but is considered taboo
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Japanese:
悪趣味
(akushumi)
— something that brings pleasure but is considered taboo
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Polish:
grzeszna przyjemność
— something that brings pleasure but is considered taboo
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Portuguese:
prazer culpado
— something that brings pleasure but is considered taboo
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Serbo-Croatian:
zabranjeno voće
— something that brings pleasure but is considered taboo
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Serbo-Croatian:
slatki grijeh
— something that brings pleasure but is considered taboo
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Serbo-Croatian:
slatki greh
— something that brings pleasure but is considered taboo
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Spanish:
placer culpable
— something that brings pleasure but is considered taboo
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Spanish:
gusto culposo
— something that brings pleasure but is considered taboo