DELIGHT


Meaning of DELIGHT in English

I. noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a cry of pain/despair/delight etc

A rock was loose and he fell with a sharp cry of surprise.

a delighted grin

‘I've managed to fix it!’ she said, with a delighted grin.

a scream of laughter/delight

We could hear the children’s screams of laughter.

a yell of surprise/delight/triumph etc

Dan gave a yell of delight when Larsson scored.

be excited/thrilled/delighted etc at the prospect (of sth)

I was excited at the prospect of going to Washington.

childlike delight/wonder/excitement

The sight filled her with childlike excitement.

culinary delights (= food that tastes very good )

the region’s culinary delights

greet the news with surprise/delight etc formal (= react to the news in a particular way )

Fans greeted the news of the victory with a loud cheer.

pure joy/pleasure/delight

Lucinda flashed him a smile of pure joy.

sample the delights of

Here’s your chance to sample the delights of country life.

scream with laughter/delight

She threw her head back and screamed with laughter.

shiver with cold/fear/delight etc

She shivered with fear and anger.

take delight/pleasure/pride etc in (doing) sth

You should take pride in your work.

At first, he took no interest in the baby.

Turkish delight

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■ ADJECTIVE

culinary

Or whatever ethnic culinary delights you are offered.

This is one of the many New York culinary delights that appear only in ersatz forms outside the city.

She might not be able to manage one of Marguerite's culinary delights , but at least she could cook herself a meal.

Guests were full of praise for the culinary delights , and the branch was able to add £527 to its funds.

great

They give me very great pleasure and delight .

He has almost given up hunting which was his greatest delight .

To my great delight they all did comfortably worse than Arosa.

On the contrary: I took great delight in my thinness and saw it as the embodiment of my strength and virtue.

He seemed to take great delight in taking the church for a ride.

He thought it best that she not know his great delight .

That was the great delight in discovering Jung.

Like music, the better one knows the score, the greater the delight and reward one gains from reading it.

pure

With stylish roman numerals, gold-plated case and soft leather strap, these elegant watches are a pure delight to wear.

As I set off I had a fleeting glimpse of the leer of pure delight on Simkin's face.

sheer

In the end, the poems must be read as expressions of sheer delight in friendship.

It has been sheer delight for them.

Birdsong and rebirth and the sheer undiluted delight of living creatures awaking to face another day.

Utterly daft and unsophisticated, it elevated Allen to the very head of the children's table - and is sheer delight .

A sheer delight A simple style and a light touch can be all you need to create a stunning window treatment.

Imagine yourself in a beautiful garden, dancing across the lawns in sheer delight .

■ VERB

cry

Several times he cried his delight and hugged his father.

I know and name a few of her train stops and she cries out with delight .

express

She shut herself in out of the drizzling rain, and expressed her delight with everything.

The band often finds a radio-ravaged fan after a show who expresses surprise and delight in the retro sound.

They then began to light bonfires, expressing their delight .

Picasso and Léger continued to express their delight in the seen world.

He landed at Durlston and expressed his delight at the beautiful scenery and pure air.

laugh

Gaily shook his head and, watching them, Florence Ames laughed with delight .

The crowd began to clap, and some of them laughed with delight .

Despite her vehement protests, he hauled her enfeebled body inside and turned, laughing with delight .

sample

I had been quite looking forward to sampling its unsavoury delights .

If you want the chance to sample these delights for yourself, enter our competition today!

shiver

She was shivering with delight and pent-up desire.

squeal

I was squealing with delight at the tricks his middle finger was playing when suddenly Captain leapt on us growling.

The children squealed with delight when Karen tallied up the poker chips and announced that Jennifer and Bryan had the highest scores.

Victoria squealed in delight as Stephen caught the erupting bubbles in three tall tulip glasses.

He heard them squealing with delight .

Stickit squealed in delight , waving at the ant figures far below.

Their high voices squealing with delight when Carla mispronounced some word they coaxed her to repeat.

She squealed with delight as she recognised him instantly.

Then she flung herself on to his stomach, squealing with delight , and he began to tickle her.

take

Not one took any delight or pride in what he had done.

On the contrary: I took great delight in my thinness and saw it as the embodiment of my strength and virtue.

The first verse concludes: We live at our pleasure, and take our delight .

We come away well-pleased with ourselves, perhaps, but seldom have we taken the least delight in others' efforts.

Nor did they necessarily take any delight in the state-centred approach.

Stan seems to take a mischievous delight in turning up specimens under people's noses.

He seemed to take great delight in taking the church for a ride.

You take delight in vexing me.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

be glad/delighted/pleased etc to see the back of sb/sth

be in a transport of delight/joy etc

be transported with delight/joy etc

hug yourself with joy/delight etc

unholy amusement/delight/pleasure

you will be delighted/pleased etc to know (that)

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Horton takes great delight in learning.

Imagine our delight when we saw your article in the New Yorker.

Paul's delight at being asked to play the piano for us was clear.

Robin laughed with delight as the birthday cake was carried in.

To the audience's delight , she agreed to do another number.

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All the build up of delight shrivelled and stripped Jay to lonely self-scourging.

He is also a great friend of the Festival, and it will be a delight to have him with us again.

Is it not a form of self desecration not to cultivate this primeval delight in flowers?

Like most other volumes in the Compass Guide series, the book is a delight to look at and read.

Mrs Foster encouraged the staff to avail themselves of the lodge's delights.

The study of Scripture, he suggested, did nothing to hinder an inquisitive man's delight in the study of nature.

With stylish roman numerals, gold-plated case and soft leather strap, these elegant watches are a pure delight to wear.

II. verb

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■ ADVERB

in

After all, the role of the other woman was hardly one she delighted in .

There was nothing too small to delight in .

Gainsbourg seems to have delighted in his role as a cultural enfant terrible.

Interspersed are glosses on cyber-history of the sort that Time and Newsweek have been delighting in since the middle of 1995.

■ NOUN

audience

Critchley then developed the alternative career that delighted the wide audience that enjoyed his witty political comment.

The delighted audience seemed not to notice.

Issey Miyake continues to delight audiences at his beautiful shows by determining his own uniquely futuristic fashion logic.

A decade later and it is still tackling the controversial issues and delighting its loyal audience .

response

So we were delighted by the interested response of visitors.

However we have been delighted by the response so far.

■ VERB

seem

Simple answers like this seem to delight younger kids, who demand a reason for everything.

His audiences seemed delighted with the new game of discovering the errors in earlier paintings.

Gainsbourg seems to have delighted in his role as a cultural enfant terrible.

Old Chao seemed genuinely delighted to see him.

The man is a huge liability and seems to delight in putting his feet right in it.

He seemed delighted to hear that she was fine.

Mr Gillis seemed to delight in slamming it down on the top of the tousled head below.

To Hugh she seemed beautiful and he delighted , somewhat guiltily, in having her eat opposite him.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

be glad/delighted/pleased etc to see the back of sb/sth

be in a transport of delight/joy etc

unholy amusement/delight/pleasure

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

This movie classic will delight the whole family.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

But nothing delights him more than his futures markets, which are something of a hangover from his trading days.

Their decision to end cooperation will delight Belgrade.

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