delight
a high degree of pleasure or enjoyment; joy; rapture: She takes great delight in her job.
something that gives great pleasure: The dance was a delight to see.
to give great pleasure, satisfaction, or enjoyment to; please highly: The show delighted everyone.
to have great pleasure; take pleasure (followed by in or an infinitive): She delights in going for long walks in the country.
Origin of delight
1synonym study For delight
Other words for delight
Opposites for delight
Other words from delight
- de·light·er, noun
- de·light·ing·ly, adverb
- de·light·less, adjective
- self-de·light, noun
- un·de·light·ing, adjective
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How to use delight in a sentence
Literary history does not record a more singular example of that self-delight which an author has felt on a revision of his works.
Curiosities of Literature, Vol. II (of 3) | Isaac Disraeli
British Dictionary definitions for delight
/ (dɪˈlaɪt) /
(tr) to please greatly
(intr foll by in) to take great pleasure (in)
extreme pleasure or satisfaction; joy
something that causes this: music was always his delight
Origin of delight
1Derived forms of delight
- delighter, noun
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