Delight synonyms
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A source of enjoyment or delight:
Enjoyment is defined as a state of feeling pleasure and joy, or is defined as something that causes you to experience pleasure and joy.
Intense and especially ecstatic or exultant happiness, or an instance of such feeling.
disappointment (antonym)
(Uncountable) The emotion felt when a strongly held expectation is not met.
The act of gratifying, or pleasing, either the mind, the taste, or the appetite; as, the gratification of the palate, of the appetites, of the senses, of the desires, of the heart.
depress (antonym)
To lessen the activity or force of something; weaken.
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(Obs.) To leap up; leap with joy
To raise the spirits of; make very proud, happy, or joyful
revel in
To take pleasure; often used with in
entertain (related)
(Intransitive) To have someone over at one's home for a party or visit.
To give pleasure
To use magic spells.
To taste or have the flavor (of something)
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To keep pleasantly or enjoyably occupied or interested; entertain
like (related)
(Scots) To be pleased.
The definition of idyllic is peaceful, tranquil or pretty.
The definition of jubilation is a feeling of great happiness, triumph or joy.
To make someone hold motionless; to spellbind
(Rare, intransitive) To take part in the Rapture; to leave Earth and go to Heaven as part of the Rapture.
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To feel joyful about (something):
To answer or discharge (a claim, debt, legal demand, etc.); to give compensation for.
To feel a sudden sensation of pleasure or delight:
To give medical aid to counteract (a disease or condition):
distress (antonym)
Distress is defined as causing someone to feel anxious or depressed, or to finish a piece of furniture in a way that makes it look old or worn.
To urge on or encourage by cheers
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To cause to feel strong emotion, especially joy; carry away; enrapture.
disappoint (antonym)
To frustrate or thwart:
To be agreeable; give pleasure; satisfy
luxuriate in
To take pleasure; often used with in
happiness (related)
Fortuitous elegance; unstudied grace; "” used especially of language.
gladden (related)
To make glad
The definition of delightful is someone or something that is charming or that causes happiness and joy.
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Marked by happiness or good fortune:
Marlowe
Elation is defined as a feeling of great happiness or joy.
The proceedings or events of a festival.
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High-spirited fun and enjoyment; hilarity.
To entertain at a feast or banquet
To please or satisfy:
To be a great success with; arouse enthusiasm in
pain (antonym)
(Informal) A source of annoyance; a nuisance:
To like or enjoy enthusiastically, often excessively.
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To feel love for a person:
groove on
To like or enjoy enthusiastically, often excessively.
To touch repeatedly or stroke delicately in a manner which causes the recipient to feel a usually pleasant sensation of tingling or titillation.
glad (related)
To experience or produce ecstasy or intense pleasure or satisfaction from or as if from a hallucinogenic drug or a mystical experience
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To give pleasure
To make subservient; to enslave or subjugate.
displease (antonym)
To make not pleased; to excite a feeling of disapprobation or dislike in; to be disagreeable to; to offend; to vex; -- often followed by with or at. It usually expresses less than to anger, vex, irritate, or provoke.
welcome (related)
Greatly pleasing to the taste; delicious.
In or like Elysium
Highly gratifying to taste or smell, esp. because of a rich sweetness; delicious
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The quality or condition of being exuberant.
Exultation is defined as rejoicing or giving praise.
The act of one who gloats.
dismay (antonym)
Dismay is defined as a sudden or total loss of courage.
sorrow (antonym)
The outward expression of such suffering; mourning; lamentation
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unhappiness (antonym)
The feeling of not being happy
misery (antonym)
(Dial.) A pain (in some part of the body)
melancholy (antonym)
(Obs.) Black bile: in medieval times considered to be one of the four humors of the body, to come from the spleen or kidneys, and to cause gloominess, irritability, or depression
trouble (antonym)
To cause difficulty or inconvenience to; incommode
Also used with in: adore
To like or enjoy enthusiastically, often excessively.
To fill with joy; delight.
happy (related)
A feeling of extreme gratification aroused by something good or desired
To force (another) to have sexual intercourse; rape.
To make subservient; to enslave or subjugate.
disenchant (antonym)
To set free from an enchantment or illusion
delighted (related)
proud (related)
grateful (related)
looking forward to (related)
hope (related)
The definition of charming is fascinating or likeable.
The definition of delicious is something that tastes or smells really good or is enjoyable.
Of, like, or fit for paradise
Malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune.
To give pleasure
To feel or express great, often malicious, pleasure or self-satisfaction:
To provide hospitality for (someone); to supply with abundant food and drink. [from 17th c.]
keen (related)
depression (antonym)
A depressing or being depressed
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