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DELIGHT
joy, delight, pleasure
(noun) something or someone that provides a source of happiness; “a joy to behold”; “the pleasure of his company”; “the new car is a delight”
delight, delectation
(noun) a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction; “his delight to see her was obvious to all”
delight, enjoy, revel
(verb) take delight in; “he delights in his granddaughter”
please, delight
(verb) give pleasure to or be pleasing to; “These colors please the senses”; “a pleasing sensation”
enchant, enrapture, transport, enthrall, ravish, enthral, delight
(verb) hold spellbound
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
delight (countable and uncountable, plural delights)
Joy; pleasure.
Something that gives great joy or pleasure.
Verb
delight (third-person singular simple present delights, present participle delighting, simple past and past participle delighted)
To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly.
(intransitive) To have or take great pleasure.
Anagrams
• gildeth, glideth, lighted
Source: Wiktionary
De*light", n. Etym: [OE. delit, OF. delit, deleit, fr. delitier, to delight. See Delight, v. t.]
1. A high degree of gratification of mind; a high-wrought state of pleasurable feeling; lively pleasure; extreme satisfaction; joy. Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not. Shak. A fool hath no delight in understanding. Prov. xviii. 2.
2. That which gives great pleasure or delight. Heaven's last, best gift, my ever new delight. Milton.
3. Licentious pleasure; lust. [Obs.] Chaucer.
De*light", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Delighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Delighting.] Etym: [OE. deliten, OF. delitier, deleitier, F. délecter, fr. L. delectare to entice away, to delight (sc. by attracting or alluring), intens. of delicere to allure, delight; de- + lacere to entice, allure; cf. laqueus a snare. Cf. Delectate, Delicate, Delicious, Dilettante, Elicit, Lace.]
Definition: To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly; as, a beautiful landscape delights the eye; harmony delights the ear. Inventions to delight the taste. Shak. Delight our souls with talk of knightly deeds. Tennyson.
De*light", v. i.
Definition: To have or take great delight or pleasure; to be greatly pleased or rejoiced; -- followed by an infinitive, or by in. Love delights in praises. Shak. I delight to do thy will, O my God. Ps. xl. 8.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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