| NOUN | feeling | delight, delectation | a feeling of extreme / extreme pleasure or satisfaction |
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| cognition | delight, joy, pleasure | something or someone that provides a source of happiness | |
| VERB | emotion | delight, please | give pleasure to or be pleasing to |
| consumption | delight, enjoy, revel | take delight in | |
| emotion | delight, enchant, enrapture, transport, enthrall, ravish, enthral | hold spellbound |
| Sounds | dihlay't | |
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| Rhymes | acolyte ... write: 181 rhymes with ayt... | |
| Meaning | A feeling of extreme / extreme pleasure or satisfaction. | |
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| Example | "his delight to see her was obvious to all" | |
| Synonym | delectation | |
| Narrower | Schadenfreude | delight in another person's misfortune |
| amusement | A feeling of delight at being entertained | |
| entrancement, ravishment | A feeling of delight at being filled with wonder and enchantment | |
| Broader | pleasure, pleasance | A fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience |
| Spanish | delectación, deleite, delicia, goce | |
| Catalan | delit | |
| Verbs | delight | take delight in |
| delight | give pleasure to or be pleasing to | |
| Meaning | Something or someone that provides a source of happiness. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the new car is a delight" | |
| Synonyms | joy, pleasure | |
| Broader | positive stimulus | A stimulus with desirable consequences |
| Spanish | alegría, deleite, delicia, gozada, gozo, placer | |
| Catalan | alegria, delit, gust, plaer | |
| Verbs | delight | take delight in |
| delight | give pleasure to or be pleasing to | |
| Meaning | Give pleasure to or be pleasing to. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The good news will delight her | |
| Synonym | please | |
| Cause to | like | Be fond of |
| like | Find enjoyable or agreeable | |
| Entailed by | titillate | excite pleasurably or erotically |
| Narrower | enchant, enrapture, transport, enthrall, ravish, enthral, delight | hold spellbound |
| endear | make attractive or lovable | |
| Broader | satisfy, gratify | make happy or satisfied |
| Opposite | displease | Give displeasure to |
| Similar to | please | Give satisfaction |
| Spanish | agradar, complacer, deleitarse, deleitar, disfrutar, encantar, gustar, halagar | |
| Catalan | afalagar, agradar, amoixar, complaure, delectar, delitar-se, disfrutar, encantar, plaure | |
| Nouns | delight | something or someone that provides a source of happiness |
| delight | a feeling of extreme / extreme pleasure or satisfaction | |
| Meaning | Take delight in. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Model | Sam and Sue delight over the results of the experiment | |
| Example | "he delights in his granddaughter" | |
| Synonyms | enjoy, revel | |
| Entails | use, expend | use up, consume fully |
| Narrower | have a ball, have a good time | enjoy / enjoy oneself greatly |
| live it up | enjoy / enjoy oneself | |
| wallow | delight greatly in | |
| Spanish | deleitarse, deleitar, disfrutar, divertirse, encantarse, gozar | |
| Catalan | delectar-se, disfrutar, divertir-se, fruir, gaudir | |
| Nouns | delight | something or someone that provides a source of happiness |
| delight | a feeling of extreme / extreme pleasure or satisfaction | |
| Meaning | hold spellbound. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The good news will delight her | |
| Synonyms | enchant, enrapture, transport, enthrall, ravish, enthral | |
| Broader | please, delight | Give pleasure to or be pleasing to |
| Opposite | disenchant, disillusion | Free from enchantment |
| Spanish | arrebatar, arrobar, cautivar, deleitar, disfrutar, embelesar, embelezar, enajenar, encantar, fascinar, raptar, transportar | |
| Catalan | arrabassar, captivar, disfrutar, embadalir, embaladir, encantar, encisar, fascinar | |
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