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delight
noun as in enjoyment, happiness
Strongest matches
Strong matches
delectation, ecstasy, enchantment, felicity, fruition, gladness, gratification, hilarity, jollity, mirth, rapture, relish, transport
Weak match
verb as in make happy; experience happiness
Strongest matches
amuse, attract, charm, cheer, enchant, enrapture, entertain, fascinate, gratify, please, rejoice, satisfy, thrill, wow
Strong matches
allure, content, divert, exult, gladden, glory, groove, jubilate, pleasure, ravish, score, send, slay
Weak matches
arride, be the ticket, delectate, freak out, go over big, hit the spot, knock dead, knock out, tickle pink, tickle to death, turn on
Example Sentences
He is a delight to watch - even just the sight of him strolling the corridors with his hood up trying to look menacing makes you laugh.
This decision is going to delight the vast majority of Watford fans.
But sometime over this last winter — that numbing, hoary stretch between mid-February and March — I decided this might be the year to reclaim a bit of seasonal delight.
Crime writer Reverend Richard Coles, who describes himself as a "Midlander to my very core", is "delighted" a TV adaptation of his stories has been filmed in the West Midlands.
He plays with joy, with exuberance, with delight.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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