delight

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]

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]

English

Pronunciation

• /dəˈlaɪt/, /dɪˈlaɪt/

• Rhymes: -aɪt

Etymology

From delit.

Noun

1. joy; pleasure

Translations

• Finnish: ilo
• French: plaisir, délice, joie
• Polish: radość , rozkosz , przyjemność , zachwyt
• Ido: delekteso
• Italian: delizia
• Old English: wynn
• Spanish: deleite

Verb

1. To give pleasure to.

Derived terms

• delight in

Translations

• Finnish: ilahduttaa, riemastuttaa
• Italian: deliziare
• Polish: cieszyć, radować, zachwycać
• Spanish: regocijar
• Dutch: bevallen, behagen

Delight means happiness and may refer to someone or something that brings such a state, such as good-tasting food.

It may also refer to :

Foods and beverages

• Angel Delight, a British pudding.
• Bakers Delight, a chain of bakeries in Australia and New Zealand.
• Buddha's delight, a Chinese vegetarian dish.
• Pizza Delight, a Canadian chain of pizzerias.
• SunnyD (Sunny Delight), an orange-flavored drink.
• Turkish Delight, a confectionery.

Places

• Dame's Delight, in Oxford, United Kingdom
• Delight, Arkansas
• Delight, North Carolina

Music and entertainment

• Afternoon Delight (several meanings)
• D. B.'s Delight, a U.S. children's television show.
• Deee-Lite, a 1990s New York City house music outfit.
• Delight (band), a metal/alternative from Poland.
• Delights of the Garden an album by Desmond Williams.
• Idiot's Delight (several meanings)
• Prince Delight, an alias for rapper RZA.
• Rapper's Delight, a hip hop song by The Sugarhill Gang.
• Saw Delight an album by the band Can.
• Smokers Delight, an album by the bang Nightmares on Wax.
• The Swing of Delight, an album by Santana.
• Turkish Delight (film)'' by Paul Verhoeven.
• Violent Delight, a punk-metal band in the United Kingdom.

Miscellaneous

• 3Delight, software.
• Bamboo Delight, an anti-semitic website about Chinese healing techniques.
• Delight (Sri Aurobindo)

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