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3 definitions found
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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