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Definitions for Delighting
[1] a high degree of pleasure or enjoyment; joy; rapture: She takes great delight in her job.
[2] something that gives great pleasure: The dance was a delight to see.
[3] to give great pleasure, satisfaction, or enjoyment to; please highly: The show delighted everyone.
[4] to have great pleasure; take pleasure (followed by in or an infinitive): She delights in going for long walks in the country.
[5] (tr) to please greatly
[6] (intr foll by in ) to take great pleasure (in)
[7] extreme pleasure or satisfaction; joy
[8] something that causes this music was always his delight
Words related to Delighting
delightsatisfy, gratify, rejoice, thrill, attract, amuse, please, cheer, entertain, charm, enrapture, enchant, wow, fascinate, allure, exult, glory, ravish, jubilate, slay
Words nearby Delighting
delightdelicate, delicatessen, delicia, delicious, delict, delight, delighted, delightful, delightsome, delilah, delillo
Origin of Delighting
1175–1225; (v.) respelling, after light1, of earlier delite, Middle English deliten < Anglo-French deliter, Old French delitier < Latin delectāre (see delectable); (noun) respelling (as above) of Middle English delit < Anglo-French, Old French, derivative of v.
Other words from Delighting
de·light·er , noun
de·light·ing·ly , adverb
de·light·less , adjective
self-de·light , noun
un·de·light·ing , adjective
Word origin for Delighting
C13: from Old French delit, from deleitier to please, from Latin dēlectāre, from dēlicere to allure, from de- + lacere to entice; see delicious ; English spelling influenced by light
Synonyms for Delighting
amuse, attract, charm, cheer, enchant, enrapture, entertain, fascinate, gratify, please, rejoice, satisfy, thrill, wow, allure, content, divert, exult, gladden, glory, groove, jubilate, pleasure, ravish, score, send, slay, arride, be the ticket, delectate, freak out, go over big, hit the spot, knock dead, knock out, tickle pink, tickle to death, turn on