DELIGHTED

beguiled, captivated, charmed, delighted, enthralled, entranced

(adjective) filled with wonder and delight

delighted

(adjective) greatly pleased

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

delighted (comparative more delighted, superlative most delighted)

Greatly pleased.

Filled with wonder and delight.

Verb

delighted

simple past tense and past participle of delight

Source: Wiktionary


De*light"ed, a.

Definition: Endowed with delight. If virtue no delighted beauty lack. Shak.

Syn.

– Glad; pleased; gratified. See Glad.

DELIGHT

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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