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delight

(d/@/'l/aI/t )

a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction(noun.feeling)

Example:
His delight to see her was obvious to all.

Synonym:
delectation

source: wordnet30
something or someone that provides a source of happiness(noun.cognition)

Example:
The new car is a delight.

Synonym:
joy, pleasure

source: wordnet30
A high degree of gratification of mind; a high- wrought state of pleasurable feeling; lively pleasure; extreme satisfaction; joy.(noun)

source: webster1913

give pleasure to or be pleasing to(verb.emotion)

Synonym:
please
Antonym:
displease

source: wordnet30
take delight in(verb.consumption)

Example:
He delights in his granddaughter.

Synonym:
enjoy, revel

source: wordnet30
hold spellbound(verb.emotion)

Synonym:
enchant, enrapture, enthral, enthrall, ravish, transport
Antonym:
disenchant, disillusion

source: wordnet30
To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly; as, a beautiful landscape delights the eye; harmony delights the ear.(verb)

source: webster1913
To have or take great delight or pleasure; to be greatly pleased or rejoiced; -- followed by an infinitive, or by in.(verb)

source: webster1913

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