DELIGHTED


Meaning of DELIGHTED in English

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

If you are ~, you are extremely pleased and excited about something.

I know Frank will be ~ to see you...

He said that he was ~ with the public response.

ADJ: usu v-link ADJ, oft ADJ to-inf, ADJ with n

~ly

‘There!’ Jackson exclaimed ~ly.

ADV: ADV with v

2.

If someone invites or asks you to do something, you can say that you would be ~ to do it, as a way of showing that you are very willing to do it.

‘You must come to Tinsley’s graduation party.’—‘I’d be ~.’

ADJ: v-link ADJ, oft ADJ to-inf feelings

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