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]:
Delighted \De*light"ed\, adjective Endowed with delight.
If virtue no delighted beauty lack. --Shak.
Syn: Glad; pleased; gratified. See {Glad}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
2: filled with wonder and delight [syn: {beguiled}, {captivated}, {charmed}, {enthralled}, {entranced}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
31 Moby Thesaurus words for "delighted": amused, charmed, comfortable, content, contented, cozy, diverted, easy, enchanted, entertained, eupeptic, euphoric, exhilarated, favorably impressed with, glad, gladsome, gratified, happy, in clover, intrigued, pleased, pleased as Punch, pleased with, satisfied, sold on, taken with, thrilled, tickled, tickled pink, tickled to death, titillated
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