to delight
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2.1
- verb
- /dɪˈlaɪt/
:
deleitar
- The breathtaking sunset over the ocean never fails to delight visitors.
a genuine desire day in, day out to delight the customer.
- a genuine desire day in, day out to delight the customer.
- It's a feeling I love and I know and I see and delights me anyway.
- It is time for NVIDIA to focus on squeezing out margins less and delighting customers more.
- So let's put in the weird, you know, artsy thing that just delights us.
- I think that a well told story has ups and downs and it has twists and turns and it surprises and delights you and terrifies you.
Examples
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Watching the children play in the park delighted their parents.
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Young students, in particular, are delighted to listen to recordings of their earlier performances.
Academic text (1998) -
I sure would be delighted With your company
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- Delighted to meet you, my dear.
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- She will be delighted.
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I'd be delighted, Mrs. Pargiter.
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I'm sure they'll be delighted.
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Then her face brightened with delighted surprise as she heard the tiny whispers of the girl's thoughts.
Fiction book (1991) -
Safely invisible, Larissa looked at the delighted faces in the audience and grinned.
Fiction book (1992) -
Students often identify with "contemporary" percussion sounds and are delighted to sing with instrumental accompaniments that incorporate them.
Academic text (1998)
Synonyms
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1.0
To make someone happy or satisfied
201
2.1
To give a sudden strong feeling of excitement and pleasure
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7.5
To make someone feel very happy or excited
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4.1
Make someone very happy
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6.8
To hold someone's full attention by being very interesting
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4.8
To make someone feel very pleased and amazed as if by magic
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6.9
To make someone feel very happy and full of energy
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2.3
To make someone feel happy
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7.8
To make someone feel very happy and amazed
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8.7
To fill someone with great joy and amazement
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3.5
To give someone enjoyment or happiness
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3.5
To make someone feel happy
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7.0
To make someone feel love and admiration for a person or thing
Hold someone's attention completely and make them feel very interested
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
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3.7
A soft sweet candy made from jelly, often flavored with rose or lemon and dusted with sugar
A cottage garden plant with white woolly leaves and bright red flowers grown for decoration
How Pleasing
Surface Forms
Etymology
Delight comes from the Latin delectare, which means 'to please'. Think of delicious, food that gives pleasure, so to delight someone is to give them great pleasure or to charm them.