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delightnoun a source of great satisfactionthe opportunity for travel was one of the major delights of the couple's golden years delectation, feast, gas(slang), joy, kick, manna, pleasure, treat amusement, diversion, entertainment, fun, recreationcomfort, relief, solacegratification, indulgenceambrosia someone or something that provides amusement or enjoymentwith his great sense of humor and bubbly personality, he is a delight to be around distraction, diversion, divertissement, entertainment, fun, pleasure, recreation escape, pastime, time killerbinge, fling, frolic, gambol, lark, revel, rollick, romp, spreefrolicking, rollickingcarousing, conviviality, festivity, gaiety(also gayety), hilarity, jollification, jollity, merrymaking, reveling(or revelling), revelry, whoopeepicniclaugh, riot, screamactivity, game bore, bummer, downer, drag killjoy, party pooper the feeling experienced when one's wishes are metwe were filled with delight at the sight of everyone in the family together at last for the holidays content, contentedness, contentment, delectation, enjoyment, gladness, gratification, happiness, pleasure, relish, satisfaction afterglowbliss, felicity, glee, gleefulness, joy, pleasanceamusement, diversion, entertainmentelatedness, elation, exhilaration, exultation, intoxicationecstasy, euphoria, heaven, rapturecheer, cheerfulness, exuberance, gaiety(also gayety), jollity, joyfulness, jubilationjoie de vivrecomfort, ease, restfulness discontent, discontentedness, discontentment, displeasure, dissatisfaction, unhappiness misery, sadness, unhappiness, wretchednessanguish, desolation, joylessness, sorrow, woedejection, depression, despondency, dispiritedness, gloom, melancholyaggravation, annoyance, exasperation, irritation, pique, vexationanger, fury, rageagitation, distress, disturbance, upsetdiscomfort, restlessness, uneasiness delightverbto feel or express joy or triumphI delighted at the sight of my old schoolyard tormentor standing behind the fast-food counter, asking customers if they wanted fries crow, exuberate, exult, glory, joy, jubilate, kvell, rejoice, triumph gloat, preen, swellboast, bragflaunt, parade, show off, strut, swagger kick up one's heels bemoan, bewail, grieve, lament, regret, weep to give satisfaction tothe news that you had won the Pulitzer delighted us beyond words agree (with), content, feast, gas(slang), glad(archaic), gladden, gratify, please, pleasure, rejoice, satisfy, suit, warm appease, mollify, pacify, placate, sootheassuage, quench, sate, satiateexcite, tickle, titillateamuse, divert, entertain, treatcaptivate, charmgalvanize, thrillcalm, comfortcater (to), humor, indulgecoddle, mollycoddle, pamper, spoil displease aggravate, annoy, bother, bug, chafe, cross, exasperate, gall, get, grate, irk, irritate, nettle, peeve, perturb, pique, put out, ruffle, vexanger, enrage, incense, inflame(also enflame), infuriate, madden, outrage, rankle, rile, roil, steam upprovoke, rouseagitate, distress, disturb, fret, upsetharass, harry, pesteraffront, insult, offend in the 13th century |