delight
verb
[ dɪˈlʌɪt ]
• please (someone) greatly.
• "an experience guaranteed to delight both young and old"
Similar:
please greatly,
charm,
enchant,
captivate,
entrance,
bewitch,
thrill,
excite,
take someone's breath away,
gladden,
gratify,
appeal to,
do someone's heart good,
entertain,
amuse,
divert,
send,
tickle,
give someone a buzz,
give someone a kick,
tickle pink,
bowl over,
delight
noun
• great pleasure.
• "the little girls squealed with delight"
Similar:
pleasure,
happiness,
joy,
joyfulness,
glee,
gladness,
gratification,
relish,
excitement,
amusement,
bliss,
rapture,
ecstasy,
elation,
euphoria,
transports of delight,
delectation,
jouissance,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French delitier (verb), delit (noun), from Latin delectare ‘to charm’, frequentative of delicere . The -gh- was added in the 16th century by association with light1.
