| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To cheer or gladden.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To exult or rejoice. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To gratify, regale or satisfy. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To enrapture or ravish.[Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Present participle conjugation of the verb delight.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (delight) | 1. Give pleasure to or be pleasing to.[Wordnet]. 2. Take delight in; "he delights in his granddaughter".[Wordnet]. 3. Hold spellbound.[Wordnet]. 4. To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly; as, a beautiful landscape delights the eye; harmony delights the ear.[Websters]. 5. To have or take great delight or pleasure; to be greatly pleased or rejoiced; -- followed by an infinitive, or by in.[Websters]. 6. Base verb from the following inflections: delighting, delighted, delights, delighter, delighters, delightingly and delightedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective | 1. Giving delight; gladdening.[Websters]
2. Being amusing or entertaining. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being flattering or ingratiating. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being comforting. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being soothing. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Being charming, attractive, fascinating, enchanting or bewitching. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. Being dazzling or blinding. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. Being pleasing or satisfying. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. Being enthralling, captivating or spellbinding.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "DELIGHTING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Specialty Definition: delight
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Noun] A high degree of pleasure, or satisfaction of mind; joy. His delight is in the law of the Lord. Ps. 1.. | 2: [Noun] That which gives great pleasure; that which affords delight. Titus was the delight of human kind. I was daily his delight. Prov. 8. Delight is a more permanent pleasure than joy, and not dependent on sudden excitement.. | 3: [Verb] To affect with great pleasure; to please highly; to give or afford high satisfaction or joy; as, a beautiful landscape delights the eye; harmony delights the ear; the good conduct of children, and especially their piety, delights their parents. I will delight myself in thy statutes. Ps. 119.. | 4: [Verb] To receive great pleasure in. I delight to do thy will. Ps. 40:8.. | 5: [Verb] To have or take great pleasure; to be greatly pleased or rejoiced; followed by in. I delight in the law of God after the inward man. Rom. 7.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. |
| Dream Interpretation | 1: To dream of experiencing delight over any event, signifies a favorable turn in affairs. For lovers to be delighted with the conduct of their sweethearts, denotes pleasant greetings. 2: To feel delight when looking on beautiful landscapes, prognosticates to the dreamer very great success and congenial associations. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... | ||
| Literature | 1: Delight is "to make light." Hence Shakespeare speaks of the disembodied soul as "the delighted spirit... blown with restless violence round about the pendant world" (Measure for Measure, iii. 1). So again he says of gifts, "the more delayed; delighted" (Cymbeline, v. 5), meaning the longer they are delayed the "lighter" or less valuable they are esteemed. Delighted, in the sense of "pleased," means light-hearted, with buoyant spirits. 2: The delight of mankind. So Titus, the Roman emperor, was entitled (40, 79-81). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Noun] joy; pleasure. (references) | 2: [Verb] To give pleasure to. (references) | |
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Common Expressions: delight
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Buddha's delight | Is Jie - rhymes with pie. (references) | ||
| Delight (Sri Aurobindo) | Delight is Sri Aurobindo's term for ananda, and plays a large part in his cosmology and spiritual teaching. Delight is the reason for creation, by which The Absolute extends its Delight of Being into multiplicity, losing itself in the inconscience and then through Delight rediscovering Itself through individuals realising their Divine nature and proceeding to spiritual realisation. (references) | ||
| Gardener's delight | An old cottage garden plant of southeastern Europe widely cultivated for its attractive white woolly foliage and showy crimson flowers. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Idiot's Delight (solitaire) | Idiot's Delight is an alternative name for at least three solitaire card games, probably because of the low chances of winning in these games. (references) | ||
| Lurvills Delight | Lurvills Delight was a popular carbonated soft drink in Wales between 1896 and 1910. (references) | ||
| Pizza Delight | Pizza Delight was founded in 1968 in Shediac, New Brunswick by Bernard Imbeault and two of his friends. The restaurant serves mainly pizza and italian food. Today it has over 100 restaurants, and also operates in Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Alberta PEI Quebec and Ontario. It also currently owns the Mike's and Scores restaurant chains with locations in Quebec and the Maritimes. (references) | ||
| Queen's delight | (Bot.), an American plant (Stillinqia sylvatica) of the Spurge family, having an herbaceous stem and a perennial woody root. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Sunny Delight | Sunny Delight is a popular orange-flavored drink, manufactured until recently by Procter & Gamble. It produced an estimated $450 million in revenue for Procter & Gamble in 2004, and now comes in five different flavors. (references) | ||
| Turkish Delight | A jellied candy typically flavored with rose water. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Turkish Delight | Turkish Delight, or lokum, (Armenian translit: lokhum, Bosnian: Rahat Lokum), is a confection made from starch and sugar. It is often flavored with rosewater or lemon, the former giving it a characteristic pale pink color. It has a soft, sticky consistency, and is often packaged and eaten in small cubes that are dusted with sugar to prevent sticking. Some recipes include small nut pieces, usually pistachio, hazelnut or walnuts. (references) | ||
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