Delight

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Great pleasure; joy.
  • n. Something that gives great pleasure or enjoyment.
  • verb-intransitive. To take great pleasure or joy: delights in taking long walks.
  • verb-intransitive. To give great pleasure or joy: an old movie that still delights.
  • v. To please greatly. See Synonyms at please.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. joy; pleasure
  • v. To give pleasure to.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A high degree of gratification of mind; a high- wrought state of pleasurable feeling; lively pleasure; extreme satisfaction; joy.
  • n. That which gives great pleasure or delight.
  • n. Licentious pleasure; lust.
  • v. To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly
  • verb-intransitive. To have or take great delight or pleasure; to be greatly pleased or rejoiced; -- followed by an infinitive, or by in.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To affect with great pleasure or rapture; please highly; give or afford a high degree of satisfaction or enjoyment to: as, a beautiful landscape delights the eye; harmony delights the ear; poetry delights the mind.
  • To have or take great pleasure; be greatly pleased or rejoiced: followed by an infinitive or by in.
  • n. A high degree of pleasure or satisfaction; joy; rapture.
  • n. That which gives great pleasure; that which affords a high degree of satisfaction or enjoyment.
  • n. Licentious pleasure; lust.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. hold spellbound
  • v. take delight in
  • n. something or someone that provides a source of happiness
  • n. a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction
  • v. give pleasure to or be pleasing to
  • Verb Form
    delighted    delighting    delights   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Hyponym
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    joy    lust    luxuriate    feast    riot    roll    revel   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bright    Dwight    Knight    Night    White    Wight    Wright    alight    allright    alright   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    joy    excitement    satisfaction    admiration    emotion    terror    wonder    laughter    triumph    beauty