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delight in

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de⋅light

  [di-lahyt]
Use delight in in a Sentence
–noun
1. a high degree of pleasure or enjoyment; joy; rapture: She takes great delight in her job.
2. something that gives great pleasure: The dance was a delight to see.
–verb (used with object)
3. to give great pleasure, satisfaction, or enjoyment to; please highly: The show delighted everyone.
–verb (used without object)
4. to have great pleasure; take pleasure (fol. by in or an infinitive): She delights in going for long walks in the country.
Origin:
1175–1225; (v.) resp., after light 1 , of earlier delite, ME deliten < AF deliter, OF delitier < L delectāre (see delectable ); (n.) resp. (as above) of ME delit < AF, OF, deriv. of v.

Related forms:
de⋅light⋅er, noun
de⋅light⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
de⋅light⋅less, adjective

Synonyms:
1. transport, delectation. See pleasure. 3. charm, enrapture.

Antonyms:
1. distress. 2. disappointment.
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