Delight Dɪˈlaɪt Great Feeling Children Noun Sheer/Pure Squealed

• a feeling of sheer/pure delight
• the children squealed with delight when they saw the puppy.
• she won the game easily, to the delight of all her fans.
• he takes (great) delight in (= enjoys) proving others wrong.

delight

1. a feeling of great pleasure
• SYNONYM joy
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• a feeling of sheer/pure delight
• The children squealed with delight when they saw the puppy.
• She won the game easily, to the delight of all her fans.
• He takes (great) delight in (= enjoys) proving others wrong.
• She took a simple delight in joys that we could all share.
• She couldn't hide her delight at the news.
• He expressed his delight at seeing us all again.

Extra Examples

• His mind was reeling with an almost aesthetic delight at the beauty of the thing.
• I find a perverse delight in listening to traffic.
• Much to the delight of the crowd, the band came back and did three encores.
• She gave a whoop of delight and dived into the water.
• She took evident delight in frightening the children with horror stories.
• The news was greeted with great delight.
• To my great delight, they offered me the job.
• We danced around with childish delight.
• Flowering trees provide shade as well as visual delight.
2. something that gives you great pleasure
• SYNONYM joy
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• This guitar is a delight to play.
• Sample the culinary delights of Morocco.
• the delights of living in the country

Extra Examples

• He became deeply religious and turned away from earthly delights.
• The baby was a constant delight and source of amazement.
• The old lady's reminiscences were a continual delight to Constance.
• It was a delight to see him so fit and healthy.

Word Origin

• Middle English: from Old French delitier (verb), delit (noun), from Latin delectare ‘to charm’, frequentative of delicere. The -gh- was added in the 16th cent. by association with the verb light.