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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Delightful \De*light"ful\, adjective Highly pleasing; affording great pleasure and satisfaction. ''Delightful bowers.'' --Spenser. ''Delightful fruit.'' --Milton.

Syn: Delicious; charming. See {Delicious}. -- {De*light"ful*ly}, adverb -- {De*light"ful*ness}, noun

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

delightful

adjective: greatly pleasing or entertaining; "a delightful surprise"; "the comedy was delightful"; "a delicious joke" [syn: {delicious}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

83 Moby Thesaurus words for "delightful": adorable, agreeable, alluring, ambrosial, amusing, appealing, attractive, beautiful, beguiling, bewitching, captivating, charming, congenial, dainty, darling, delectable, delicate, delicious, diverting, enchanting, engaging, enjoyable, enravishing, entertaining, enthralling, entrancing, exciting, exquisite, fair, fascinating, fetching, fun, good, good to eat, good-tasting, gratifying, gustable, gusty, heart-robbing, heavenly, humorous, ineffable, intriguing, inviting, irresistible, joyful, juicy, likable, lovely, luscious, lush, luxurious, nectareous, nectarous, nice, of gourmet quality, palatable, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, prepossessing, ravishing, recreational, sapid, satisfying, savorous, savory, scrumptious, sensuous, succulent, taking, tantalizing, tasty, tempting, thrilling, titillating, titillative, toothsome, voluptuous, winning, winsome, witching, yummy

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