delighted
adjective
[ dɪˈlʌɪtɪd ]
• feeling or showing great pleasure.
• "a delighted smile"
Similar:
very pleased,
glad,
happy,
joyful,
thrilled,
overjoyed,
ecstatic,
euphoric,
elated,
blissful,
enraptured,
on cloud nine/seven,
walking on air,
in seventh heaven,
in transports of delight,
jumping for joy,
beside oneself with happiness,
excited,
enchanted,
charmed,
entertained,
gratified,
amused,
diverted,
like a child with a new toy,
gleeful,
triumphant,
cock-a-hoop,
enchanté,
over the moon,
tickled pink,
like a dog with two tails,
as pleased as Punch,
on top of the world,
on a high,
as happy as Larry,
blissed out,
sent,
chuffed,
made up,
as happy as a clam,
wrapped,
delight
verb
• 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,
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.
