Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Filled with delight.
- adjective Obsolete Delightful.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Greatly pleased; joyous; joyful.
- Delightful; delighted-in.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Endowed with delight.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Greatly
pleased . - adjective Filled with
wonder anddelight . - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
delight .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective filled with wonder and delight
- adjective greatly pleased
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Examples
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As a proof that this view of the construction is correct, let L.B.L. substitute for "delighted spirit", _spirit no longer delighted_, and he will find that it gives precisely the sense which he deduces from the passage as it stands.
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I'm delighted that she was there to do it -- _delighted.
The Dust Flower Basil King 1893
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The word that came to her as she looked down was the word delighted.
Brooklyn Colm Tóibín 2009
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The word that came to her as she looked down was the word delighted.
Brooklyn Colm Tóibín 2009
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The word that came to her as she looked down was the word delighted.
Brooklyn Colm Tóibín 2009
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Gillam began tensing himself up in delighted anticipation of the chorus.
MORE FROM GINNY BATES: MYRA AND GILLAM Maggie Jochild 2007
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My brother and I walked in delighted by our fear, and laid our open palms on the wet yellow sawdust.
james wright | the ice house « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2007
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Today's title delighted me, and should delight you:
Archive 2007-11-01 2007
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Today's title delighted me, and should delight you:
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To say that we were and are delighted is to put it mildly, and subsequent events have intensified our interest in his subject.
jmjarmstrong commented on the word delighted
JM was delighted when his torch batteries died.
May 31, 2011