delight
delight is a 7-letter English word with 10 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A high degree of gratification of mind; a high- wrought state of pleasurable feeling; lively pleasure; extreme satisfaction; joy. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. A high degree of gratification of mind; a high- wrought state of pleasurable feeling; lively pleasure; extreme satisfaction; joy.
- transitive verb. That which gives great pleasure or delight.
- transitive verb. Licentious pleasure; lust.
- transitive verb. To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly; as, a beautiful landscape delights the eye; harmony delights the ear.
- intransitive verb. To have or take great delight or pleasure; to be greatly pleased or rejoiced; -- followed by an infinitive, or by in.
- noun. something or someone that provides a source of happiness
"a joy to behold"
"the pleasure of his company"
- noun. a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction
"his delight to see her was obvious to all"
- verb. take delight in
"he delights in his granddaughter"
- verb. give pleasure to or be pleasing to
"These colors please the senses"
"a pleasing sensation"
- verb. hold spellbound
Synonyms
joy, pleasure, delectation, enjoy, revel, please, enchant, enrapture, enthral, enthrall, ravish, transport
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in delight:
Common word forms
delights, delighted, delighter, delightful, delighting, delightable, delightless
Words from these letters
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