 7 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
delight
noun
1: a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction; "his delight
to see her was obvious to all" [syn: {delectation}]
2: something or someone that provides pleasure; a source of
happiness; "a joy to behold"; "the pleasure of his
company"; "the new car is a delight" [syn: {joy}, {pleasure}]
verb
1: give pleasure to or be pleasing to; "These colors please the
senses"; "a pleasing sensation" [syn: {please}] [ant: {displease}]
2: take delight in; "he delights in his granddaughter" [syn: {enjoy},
{revel}]
3: hold spellbound [syn: {enchant}, {enrapture}, {transport}, {enthrall},
{ravish}, {enthral}] [ant: {disenchant}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Delight \De*light"\, noun [OE. delit, OF. delit, deleit, fr.
delitier, to delight. See {Delight}, verb (used with an object)]
1. A high degree of gratification of mind; a high- wrought
state of pleasurable feeling; lively pleasure; extreme
satisfaction; joy.
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt
not. --Shak.
A fool hath no delight in understanding. --Prov.
xviii. 2.
2. That which gives great pleasure or delight.
Heaven's last, best gift, my ever new delight.
--Milton.
3. Licentious pleasure; lust. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Delight \De*light"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Delighted}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Delighting}.] [OE. deliten, OF. delitier, deleitier,
F. d['e]lecter, fr. L. delectare to entice away, to delight
(sc. by attracting or alluring), intens. of delicere to
allure, delight; de- + lacere to entice, allure; cf. laqueus
a snare. Cf. {Delectate}, {Delicate}, {Delicious},
{Dilettante}, {Elicit}, {Lace}.]
To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please
highly; as, a beautiful landscape delights the eye; harmony
delights the ear.
Inventions to delight the taste. --Shak.
Delight our souls with talk of knightly deeds.
--Tennyson.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Delight \De*light"\, verb (used without an object)
To have or take great delight or pleasure; to be greatly
pleased or rejoiced; -- followed by an infinitive, or by in.
Love delights in praises. --Shak.
I delight to do thy will, O my God. --Ps. xl. 8.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
179 Moby Thesaurus words for "delight":
a thing for, adore, affinity, allure, amuse, appreciate, aptitude,
aptness, attract, be in heaven, be pleased, beam, beatification,
beatitude, becharm, beguile, bent, bewitch, bewitchment, bias,
blessedness, bliss, blissfulness, caper, captivate, caracole,
carol, carry away, cast, charm, cheer, cheerfulness, chirp,
chirrup, clap hands, cloud nine, conatus, conduciveness,
contentment, convulse, crow, crow over, dance, delectate,
delectation, delight in, diathesis, die with delight, disposition,
divert, eagerness, ecstasy, ecstatics, elation, enchant,
enchantment, enjoy, enjoyment, enliven, enrapture, enravish,
entertain, enthrall, entrance, exaltation, excite, exhilarate,
exhilaration, exuberance, exult, fascinate, feel happy,
feeling for, felicity, fracture one, freak out, frisk, frolic,
fruition, gaiety, gambol, gladden, gladness, glee, gloat,
gloat over, glory, glory in, go into raptures, gratification,
gratify, happify, happiness, heaven, high spirits, hilarity,
imparadise, inclination, intoxication, jollity, joy, joyance,
joyfulness, jubilate, kill, knock dead, knock out, laugh, leaning,
liability, like, liking, lilt, loosen up, love, mirth,
overhappiness, overjoyfulness, paradise, penchant, please,
pleasure, predilection, predisposition, prejudice, probability,
proclivity, proneness, propensity, purr, raise a laugh,
raise a smile, rapture, ravish, ravishment, readiness, recreate,
refresh, regale, rejoice, relax, relish, revel, revel in, rollick,
romp, satisfaction, satisfy, savor, send, sensitivity to,
seventh heaven, sing, skip, skip for joy, slay, smile, soft spot,
solace, sunshine, susceptibility, take great satisfaction,
tendency, thrill, tickle, tickle pink, titillate, transport,
tread on air, triumph, tropism, turn, twist, unalloyed happiness,
warp, weakness, whistle, willingness, wow
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Delight, AR (city, FIPS 18100)
Location: 34.02945 N, 93.50577 W
Population (1990): 311 (166 housing units)
Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 71940
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Delight, AR -- U.S. city in Arkansas
Population (2000): 311
Housing Units (2000): 168
Land area (2000): 0.455734 sq. miles (1.180346 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.455734 sq. miles (1.180346 sq. km)
FIPS code: 18100
Located within: Arkansas (AR), FIPS 05
Location: 34.030717 N, 93.503269 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 71940
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Delight, AR
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