Search results
- Dictionarydelight/dɪˈlʌɪt/
verb
- 1. please (someone) greatly: "an experience guaranteed to delight both young and old" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. great pleasure: "the little girls squealed with delight"
Powered by Oxford Dictionaries
DELIGHT definition: 1. a feeling of great pleasure, satisfaction, or happiness: 2. something or someone that gives…. Learn more.
How to use delight in a sentence. a high degree of gratification or pleasure : joy; also : extreme satisfaction; something that gives great pleasure… See the full definition
noun. a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction. “his delight to see her was obvious to all”. synonyms: delectation. see more. noun. something or someone that provides a source of happiness. “the new car is a delight ”. synonyms: joy, pleasure.
DELIGHT meaning: 1. a feeling of great pleasure, satisfaction, or happiness: 2. something or someone that gives…. Learn more.
Delight definition: a high degree of pleasure or enjoyment; joy; rapture. See examples of DELIGHT used in a sentence.
1. uncountable noun B2. 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. Synonyms: pleasure, joy, satisfaction, comfort More Synonyms of delight. 2.
1. To take great pleasure or joy: delights in taking long walks. 2. To give great pleasure or joy: an old movie that still delights. v.tr. To please greatly: a movie that will delight all audiences. See Synonyms at please.
An unetymological spelling, in imitation of words like light, might, etc.; the analogical modern spelling would be delite; from Middle English deliten, from Old French deleiter, deliter, from Latin delectare (“to delight, please”), frequentative of delicere (“to allure”); see delicate.
Definition of delight noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
DELIGHT meaning: 1. happiness and excited pleasure: 2. someone or something that gives you pleasure: 3. to make…. Learn more.