Delighted \De*light"ed\, a.
Endowed with delight.
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If virtue no delighted beauty lack. --Shak.
Syn: Glad; pleased; gratified. See Glad.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
delighted
adj 1: greatly pleased
2: filled with wonder and delight [syn: beguiled, captivated,
charmed, enthralled, entranced]
WordNet (r) 2.0
31 Moby Thesaurus words for "delighted":
amused, charmed, comfortable, content, contented, cozy, diverted,
easy, enchanted, entertained, eupeptic, euphoric, exhilarated,
favorably impressed with, glad, gladsome, gratified, happy,
in clover, intrigued, pleased, pleased as Punch, pleased with,
satisfied, sold on, taken with, thrilled, tickled, tickled pink,
tickled to death, titillated
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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