Definition for

delight


noun – A high degree of pleasure or satisfaction; joy; rapture.

noun – That which gives great pleasure; that which affords a high degree of satisfaction or enjoyment.

noun – Licentious pleasure; lust.

To affect with great pleasure or rapture; please highly; give or afford a high degree of satisfaction or enjoyment to: as, a beautiful landscape delights the eye; harmony delights the ear; poetry delights the mind.

To have or take great pleasure; be greatly pleased or rejoiced: followed by an infinitive or by in.

intransitive verb – To have or take great delight or pleasure; to be greatly pleased or rejoiced; -- followed by an infinitive, or by in.

noun – A high degree of gratification of mind; a high- wrought state of pleasurable feeling; lively pleasure; extreme satisfaction; joy.

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