delight

Definition of delight in English English dictionary: joy; pleasure; To give pleasure to; If someone takes delight or takes a delight in something, they get a lot of pleasure from it. Haig took obvious delight in proving his critics wrong; Delight is a feeling of very great pleasure. Throughout the house, the views are a constant source of surprise and delight Andrew roared with delight when he heard Rachel's nickname for the baby To my great delight, it worked perfectly; {f} be glad, enjoy, receive pleasure; give pleasure; {i} joy, pleasure, happiness; {n} joy, great pleasure, content; {v} to give or receive great pleasure; give pleasure to or be pleasing to; "These colors please the senses"; "a pleasing sensation"; A high degree of gratification of mind; a high- wrought state of pleasurable feeling; lively pleasure; extreme satisfaction; joy; is "to make light " Hence Shakespeare speaks of the disembodied soul as "the delighted spirit blown with restless violence round about the pendant world" (Measure for Measure, iii 1) So again he says of gifts, "the more delayed; delighted" (Cymbeline, v 5), meaning the longer they are delayed the "lighter" or less valuable they are esteemed Delighted, in the sense of "pleased," means light-hearted, with buoyant spirits The delight of mankind So Titus, the Roman emperor, was entitled (40, 79-81); approval You can refer to someone or something that gives you great pleasure or enjoyment as a delight. Sampling the local cuisine is one of the delights of a holiday abroad. = joy; a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction; "his delight to see her was obvious to all" take delight in; "he delights in his granddaughter; take delight in; "he delights in his granddaughter; A treble bob method in which an internal place is made some, but not all, of the times the treble is going from one dodge to another Another kind of treble bob method are the Surprise methods; hold spellbound; That which gives great pleasure or delight; If you delight in something, you get a lot of pleasure from it. Generations of adults and children have delighted in the story He delighted in sharing his love of birds with children. to give someone great satisfaction and enjoyment; If something delights you, it gives you a lot of pleasure. She has created a style of music that has delighted audiences all over the world; To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly; as, a beautiful landscape delights the eye; harmony delights the ear; To have or take great delight or pleasure; to be greatly pleased or rejoiced; followed by an infinitive, or by in; take delight in; "he delights in his granddaughter"; a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction; "his delight to see her was obvious to all"; Licentious pleasure; lust; something or someone that provides pleasure; a source of happiness; "a joy to behold"; "the pleasure of his company"; "the new car is a delight"; delectation; delit
Turkish delight: A soft, sticky confection made from starch and sugar with various flavourings
delighted: Simple past tense and past participle of delight
delighted: Greatly pleased
delightful: Pleasant; pleasing, bringing satisfaction, enjoyment or pleasure
delightful: {a} pleasant, very pleasing, charming
delightfully: {a} with delight, charmingly, very
delighted: over the moon
Delightful: delightous
Jr. Quincy Delight Jones: orig. Quincy Delight Jones, Jr. born March 14, 1933, Chicago, Ill., U.S. U.S. composer, bandleader, and producer. Jones joined a combo with his friend Ray Charles in his early teens, and he later studied music in Seattle and Boston. In the early 1950s he played trumpet with Lionel Hampton. He became an arranger for Dizzy Gillespie and others and ultimately formed his own big band and worked with figures such as Count Basie, Sarah Vaughan, and Dinah Washington. Starting in the early 1960s he wrote scores for dozens of films, including Walk Don't Run (1966), In Cold Blood (1967), and The Color Purple (1985). Beginning in the mid-1970s he principally worked as a producer; as founder of Qwest Productions he produced enormously successful albums for Mahalia Jackson, Frank Sinatra, and others. He founded the music magazine Vibe
Turkish delight: Turkish delight is a jelly-like sweet that is covered with powdered sugar or chocolate. A candy usually consisting of jellylike cubes covered with powdered sugar. a type of sweet made from firm jelly that is cut into pieces and covered in sugar or chocolate
Turkish delight: candy made of boiled gelatin
delighted: past of delight
delighted: feelings If someone invites or asks you to do something, you can say that you would be delighted to do it, as a way of showing that you are very willing to do it. `You must come to Tinsley's graduation party.' --- `I'd be delighted.'. very pleased and happy delighted to do sth
delighted: If you are delighted, you are extremely pleased and excited about something. I know Frank will be delighted to see you He said that he was delighted with the public response. + delightedly de·light·ed·ly `There!' Jackson exclaimed delightedly
delighted: filled with wonder and delight
delighted: {s} joyful, happy
delighted: Endowed with delight
delightedly: In a delighted manner
delightedly: with delight; "delightedly, she accepted the invitation
delightedly: With delight; gladly
delightedly: with delight; "delightedly, she accepted the invitation"
delightedly: wholeheartedly, gladly, with pleasure
delightful: Highly pleasing; affording great pleasure and satisfaction
delightful: greatly pleasing or entertaining; "a delightful surprise"; "the comedy was delightful"; "a delicious joke"
delightful: greatly pleasing or entertaining; "a delightful surprise"; "the comedy was delightful"; "a delicious joke
delightful: If you describe something or someone as delightful, you mean they are very pleasant. It was the most delightful garden I had ever seen = lovely + delightfully de·light·ful·ly a delightfully refreshing cologne. very pleasant
delightful: {s} enjoyable, pleasant
delightful: Of or pertaining to delight; bringing joy
delightful: delightsome
delightfully: in a delightful manner; "the farm house, though in itself a small one, is delightfully situated"
delightfully: in a delightful manner; "the farm house, though in itself a small one, is delightfully situated
delightfully: with pleasure, in an enjoyable manner
delightfully: In a delightful manner
delighting: present participle of delight
delighting: Giving delight; gladdening
delights: plural of delight
delights: third-person singular of delight
turkish delight: a jellied candy typically flavored with rose water

delight

Hyphenation

de·light

Turkish pronunciation

dîlayt

Synonyms

contentment, delectation, ecstasy, enchantment, felicity, fruition, gladness, glee, gratification, hilarity, jollity, joy, joyance, mirth, pleasure

Antonyms

depression, disappointment, dismay, melancholy, misery, pain, sorrow, trouble, unhappiness, depress, disappoint, distress

Pronunciation

/dəˈlīt/ /dɪˈlaɪt/

Etymology

() A wrong spelling, in imitation of words like light, might, etc.; the analogical modern spelling would be delite; Middle English deliten Old French deleiter, deliter Latin delectare (“to delight, please”), frequentative of delicere (“to allure”); see delicate.