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delight
[dih-lahyt]
noun
a high degree of pleasure or enjoyment; joy; rapture.
She takes great delight in her job.
Synonyms: ,Antonyms:something that gives great pleasure.
The dance was a delight to see.
Antonyms:
verb (used with object)
to give great pleasure, satisfaction, or enjoyment to; please highly.
The show delighted everyone.
Synonyms: ,
verb (used without object)
to have great pleasure; take pleasure (followed by in or an infinitive).
She delights in going for long walks in the country.
delight
/ ɪˈɪ /
verb
(tr) to please greatly
to take great pleasure (in)
noun
extreme pleasure or satisfaction; joy
something that causes this
music was always his delight
Other Word Forms
- delighter noun
- delightingly adverb
- delightless adjective
- self-delight noun
- undelighting adjective
- ˈٱ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of delight1
Word History and Origins
Origin of delight1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
"I'm just delighted to be in it," he said.
"Definitely feeling a bit of relief, just so delighted for everyone who has put in so much work the last few years," he told TG4.
"We are delighted to go through. German darts is in good shape right now and we will continue to push forward."
He said the tribe’s members feel delighted to be once again stewarding these lands and waterways, as their ancestors once did.
With plenty of grass, trees, dirt and hints of scatological delights in the air, they were in dog paradise.
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