delight
Definition of delight:
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part of speech: noun
A high degree of pleasure: extreme satisfaction: that which gives great pleasure.
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part of speech: verb
To please highly.
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part of speech: noun
A high degree of pleasure or satisfaction; that which gives great pleasure.
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part of speech: verb
To please highly; to give or afford high satisfaction; to have great pleasure in.
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part of speech: verb
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Common misspellings:
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- enlight (11.1%)
- delightly (5.6%)
- delite (50.0%)
- delate (5.6%)
- deligh (11.1%)
- delighti (16.7%)
Usage examples for delight:
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We had quite a long conversation; in fact, Edith, I fairly grow crazy with delight at the thought of one day being 'My lady.
"A Terrible Secret" – May Agnes Fleming -
But the trees were Jan's delight
"Jan of the Windmill" – Juliana Horatia Ewing -
Victor was on the steps to receive them, Victor dancing with impatience and delight
"The Bars of Iron" – Ethel May Dell -
Women delight in such things.
"Other Things Being Equal" – Emma Wolf
