Delight
[dɪ'laɪt]
Definition
(noun.) a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction; 'his delight to see her was obvious to all'.
(verb.) take delight in; 'he delights in his granddaughter'.
Checker: Stan--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) A high degree of gratification of mind; a high- wrought state of pleasurable feeling; lively pleasure; extreme satisfaction; joy.
(v. t.) That which gives great pleasure or delight.
(v. t.) Licentious pleasure; lust.
(v. t.) To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly; as, a beautiful landscape delights the eye; harmony delights the ear.
(v. i.) To have or take great delight or pleasure; to be greatly pleased or rejoiced; -- followed by an infinitive, or by in.
Edited by Kathleen
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Joy, gladness, delectation, rapture, transport, ravishment, ecstasy, great pleasure.
v. a. Enrapture, transport, enchant, charm, bless, please highly, gratify much.
v. n. Take delight, have great pleasure.
Typist: Pearl
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Enjoyment, pleasure, happiness, transport, ecstasy, joy, gratification,gladness, rapture, bliss
ANT:Pain, suffering, sorrow, trouble, misery, displeasure, dissatisfaction,disappointment, discomfort, dejection, depression, distress, melancholy,discontent
Checker: Stella
Definition
v.t. to please highly.—v.i. to have or take great pleasure: to be greatly pleased.—n. a high degree of pleasure: extreme satisfaction: that which gives great pleasure.—p.adj. Delight′ed greatly pleased: (Shak.) delightful.—adjs. Delight′ful Delight′some full of delight.—adv. Delight′fully.—n. Delight′fulness.—adj. Delight′less affording no delight.
Editor: Sharon
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of experiencing delight over any event, signifies a favorable turn in affairs. For lovers to be delighted with the conduct of their sweethearts, denotes pleasant greetings. To feel delight when looking on beautiful landscapes, prognosticates to the dreamer very great success and congenial associations.
Checker: Vivian
Examples
- Gudrun gave a little cry of excitement, as if pierced with delight. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She knows I'm a going to tell,' here his delight broke out again, 'and has made off. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Because you delight in sacrifice. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Shall I, in cool blood, set loose upon the earth a d?mon, whose delight is in death and wretchedness. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- I cannot but think of dear Sir Thomas's delight. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Sir Percival's delight and surprise appeared to be beyond all expression. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- If any thing could increase her delight, it was perceiving that the baby would soon have outgrown its first set of caps. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Our first plan had been to quit our wintry native latitude, and seek for our diminished numbers the luxuries and delights of a southern climate. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I know that such a girl as Harriet is exactly what every man delights inwhat at once bewitches his senses and satisfies his judgment. Jane Austen. Emma.
- She doesn't bounce, but moves quietly, and takes care of a certain little person in a motherly way which delights me. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Nor should our citizens be given to excess of laughter--'Such violent delights' are followed by a violent re-action. Plato. The Republic.
- One would be startled to see him with a bright tie, a loud checked suit, or a fancy waistcoat, and yet there is a curious sense of fastidiousness about the plain things he delights in. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Captain Marryatt writes: I do not know a spot on the globe which so much astonishes and delights upon first arrival as Madeira. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- In progress of time, I also became a father, and our little darlings, our playthings and delights, called forth a thousand new and delicious feelings. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- He was, in fact, the most agreeable young man the sisters had ever known, and they were equally delighted with him. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Look at him, the old man would say, nudging his neighbour with a delighted purple face, did you ever see such a chap? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Cato and Varro, Virgil and Columella, Pliny and Palladius delighted to instruct the farmer and praise his occupation. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Ah, my dear Watson, said he, striding into the room, I am very delighted to see you! Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- And Amy tried on the blue ring with a delighted face and a firm resolve to earn it. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- He was highly delighted, and the exchange was made, much, I believe, to the annoyance of Mr. Elliston, though I knew not why it grieved him. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The honest Irish maid-servant, delighted with the change, asked leave to kiss the face that had grown all of a sudden so rosy. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The philosopher, delighting in speculation, was also eminently a man of action. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Himself ravished with the contemplation of the idea of good, and delighting in solid geometry (Rep. Plato. The Republic.
- Her father looked round at the company, delighting in their admiration. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Editor: Rochelle