delight

delight
    n 1: a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction; "his delight
         to see her was obvious to all" [syn: {delight},
         {delectation}]
    2: something or someone that provides a source of happiness; "a
       joy to behold"; "the pleasure of his company"; "the new car
       is a delight" [syn: {joy}, {delight}, {pleasure}]
    v 1: give pleasure to or be pleasing to; "These colors please
         the senses"; "a pleasing sensation" [syn: {please},
         {delight}] [ant: {displease}]
    2: take delight in; "he delights in his granddaughter" [syn:
       {delight}, {enjoy}, {revel}]
    3: hold spellbound [syn: {enchant}, {enrapture}, {transport},
       {enthrall}, {ravish}, {enthral}, {delight}] [ant:
       {disenchant}, {disillusion}]
    

Delight \De*light"\, n. [OE. delit, OF. delit, deleit, fr.
   delitier, to delight. See {Delight}, v. t.]
   1. A high degree of gratification of mind; a high- wrought
      state of pleasurable feeling; lively pleasure; extreme
      satisfaction; joy.
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            Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt
            not.                                  --Shak.
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            A fool hath no delight in understanding. --Prov.
                                                  xviii. 2.
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   2. That which gives great pleasure or delight.
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            Heaven's last, best gift, my ever new delight.
                                                  --Milton.
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   3. Licentious pleasure; lust. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Delight \De*light"\, v. i.
   To have or take great delight or pleasure; to be greatly
   pleased or rejoiced; -- followed by an infinitive, or by in.
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         Love delights in praises.                --Shak.
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         I delight to do thy will, O my God.      --Ps. xl. 8.
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Delight \De*light"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Delighted}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Delighting}.] [OE. deliten, OF. delitier, deleitier,
   F. d['e]lecter, fr. L. delectare to entice away, to delight
   (sc. by attracting or alluring), intens. of delicere to
   allure, delight; de- + lacere to entice, allure; cf. laqueus
   a snare. Cf. {Delectate}, {Delicate}, {Delicious},
   {Dilettante}, {Elicit}, {Lace}.]
   To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please
   highly; as, a beautiful landscape delights the eye; harmony
   delights the ear.
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         Inventions to delight the taste.         --Shak.
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         Delight our souls with talk of knightly deeds.
                                                  --Tennyson.
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Delight, AR (city, FIPS 18100)
  Location: 34.02945 N, 93.50577 W
  Population (1990): 311 (166 housing units)
  Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 71940
    

Delight, AR -- U.S. city in Arkansas
   Population (2000):    311
   Housing Units (2000): 168
   Land area (2000):     0.455734 sq. miles (1.180346 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.455734 sq. miles (1.180346 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            18100
   Located within:       Arkansas (AR), FIPS 05
   Location:             34.030717 N, 93.503269 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     71940
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Delight, AR
    Delight
    

179 Moby Thesaurus words for "delight":
      a thing for, adore, affinity, allure, amuse, appreciate, aptitude,
      aptness, attract, be in heaven, be pleased, beam, beatification,
      beatitude, becharm, beguile, bent, bewitch, bewitchment, bias,
      blessedness, bliss, blissfulness, caper, captivate, caracole,
      carol, carry away, cast, charm, cheer, cheerfulness, chirp,
      chirrup, clap hands, cloud nine, conatus, conduciveness,
      contentment, convulse, crow, crow over, dance, delectate,
      delectation, delight in, diathesis, die with delight, disposition,
      divert, eagerness, ecstasy, ecstatics, elation, enchant,
      enchantment, enjoy, enjoyment, enliven, enrapture, enravish,
      entertain, enthrall, entrance, exaltation, excite, exhilarate,
      exhilaration, exuberance, exult, fascinate, feel happy,
      feeling for, felicity, fracture one, freak out, frisk, frolic,
      fruition, gaiety, gambol, gladden, gladness, glee, gloat,
      gloat over, glory, glory in, go into raptures, gratification,
      gratify, happify, happiness, heaven, high spirits, hilarity,
      imparadise, inclination, intoxication, jollity, joy, joyance,
      joyfulness, jubilate, kill, knock dead, knock out, laugh, leaning,
      liability, like, liking, lilt, loosen up, love, mirth,
      overhappiness, overjoyfulness, paradise, penchant, please,
      pleasure, predilection, predisposition, prejudice, probability,
      proclivity, proneness, propensity, purr, raise a laugh,
      raise a smile, rapture, ravish, ravishment, readiness, recreate,
      refresh, regale, rejoice, relax, relish, revel, revel in, rollick,
      romp, satisfaction, satisfy, savor, send, sensitivity to,
      seventh heaven, sing, skip, skip for joy, slay, smile, soft spot,
      solace, sunshine, susceptibility, take great satisfaction,
      tendency, thrill, tickle, tickle pink, titillate, transport,
      tread on air, triumph, tropism, turn, twist, unalloyed happiness,
      warp, weakness, whistle, willingness, wow