Feeling word of the day

When you like someone, you might say, «She is an absolute delight.» You mean you think she’s great: a delight is a source of joy, and to delight is to cause pleasure. Babies are particularly good at expressing delight in new things.

Delight is often associated with an initial impression—one says, «She continues to delight us,» to suggest that the first impression continues. The word delight derives from the Latin delectare «to charm,» which also gives us delectable, and the same lighthearted sense of pure, uncomplicated pleasure.

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Definition

1. noun — a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction. “his delight to see her was obvious to all”

   1. types of delight:

      1. entrancement, ravishment: a feeling of delight at being filled with wonder and enchantment

      2. amusement: a feeling of delight at being entertained

      3. Schadenfreude: delight in another person’s misfortune

   2. delight is a type of pleasure: a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience

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Synonyms

A delight (noun) is something or someone that provides a source of happiness. It is a positive stimulus. Synonyms are joy and pleasure.

To take delight in (verb) means to enjoy, revel in, have a ball, have a good time, wallow, live it up, enjoy yourself.

Something that delights you can hold you spellbound. Synonyms for this use of the word are endear, enchant, enrapture, entrap, ravish, and transport. Antonyms are disenchant and disillusion.

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Examples

• «She delighted in comparing Harry with Dudley, and took huge pleasure in buying Dudley expensive presents while glaring at Harry, as though daring him to ask why he hadn’t got a present too.» (-Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban*)*

• «I half raised my hand and Patrick, his delight evident, immediately said, ‘Hazel!'» (-The Fault in Our Stars*)*

• «Clearly Lady Constance was not delighted about it at all; in fact, the mistress of Ashton Place looked as if she might like to punch someone.» (-The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling*)*

• «…Denna said, then she threw her arms around me in a wild, delighted hug.» (-The Name of the Wind*)*

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When, if ever, have you felt delight?

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