delightfulness
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3.7
- noun
- /dɪˈlaɪtfəl.nəs/
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deleite
- We couldn't resist the delightfulness of the freshly baked cookies at the bakery.
Sometimes it's called bring out the joy, bring delightfulness, the lightness back.
- Sometimes it's called bring out the joy, bring delightfulness, the lightness back.
- Now you're going to take a lovely big foundation brush and you're now going to blend this in to a perfect melody of or delightfulness.
Examples
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Both the shore's delightfulness and its marginality are strikes against it.
Academic text (2005) -
Psalm 90:17: And let the beauty and delightfulness and favor of the Lord our God be upon us; confirm and establish the work of our hands—yes, the work of our hands, confirm and establish it.
Blog text (28) -
What is the use of a violent kind of delightfulness if there is no pleasure in... in Oh, my God.
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Well, I understand the delightfulness, all right, but not why you had to despise it.
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Sometimes it's called bring out the joy, bring delightfulness, the lightness back.
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As a monk, he was a strong advocate of "the discipline" or self-flagellation, but his sermons reveal a playfulness and delightfulness that seem inconsistent with his harshness.
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The delightfulness of the garden filled everyone with joy during the summer picnic.
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Her smile had an infectious delightfulness that made the entire room feel warm and welcoming.
Synonyms
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1.7
A pleasant quality that makes people like a person or place
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1.1
A gentle kind quality that makes others like a person
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1.7
A quality of being very attractive in a sweet, innocent way
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1.3
A kind and polite way of treating other people
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2.0
A pleasing, beautiful look that makes people admire it
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3.4
A feeling that something is nice and enjoyable
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4.8
A quality that makes you feel amazed and happy
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4.4
A quality of being very impressive and wonderful
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4.0
Being very cute and charming so people feel affection
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7.1
A very great beauty shown in delicate detail
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4.2
A quality that makes a person or animal seem very cute and easy to love, like a puppy
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5.8
Great beauty or success that makes people admire something
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3.0
A strong feeling of great happiness
A quality that gives people enjoyment
A pleasant quality that makes something enjoyable to see, hear, or feel
How much fun something is
The quality of being attractive and making people want something
A pleasant feeling from nice surroundings or conditions
A friendly, pleasant way of acting that makes others feel comfortable
A charming, innocent quality that makes someone seem friendly
A quality that makes something seem very good and impressive
The quality of being pleasing and right for a situation, especially in speech or writing
A feeling of great happiness and pleasure
Antonyms
A quality of being unpleasant and hard to get along with that makes people avoid you
How Pleasant
Surface Forms
Morphology
delightfulness = delightful (transparent) = delight + ful + ness
Formed from the adjective 'delightful' with the productive nominalizer '-ness'; the meaning 'the quality of being delightful' is directly derived.
Etymology
Delightfulness comes from the word delight, which means 'great pleasure', plus the parts -ful ('full of') and -ness ('the quality of'). So, delightfulness is the 'quality of being full of delight', which explains why it means being very pleasant or charming.