Meaning of "delight" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DELIGHT

From Old French delit, from deleitier to please, from Latin dēlectāre, from dēlicere to allure, from de- + lacere to entice.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF DELIGHT

delight  [dɪˈlaɪt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DELIGHT

Delight is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb delight in English.

WHAT DOES DELIGHT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of delight in the English dictionary

The first definition of delight in the dictionary is to please greatly. Other definition of delight is foll by in to take great pleasure. Delight is also extreme pleasure or satisfaction; joy.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DELIGHT

PRESENT

Present

I delight

you delight

he/she/it delights

we delight

you delight

they delight

Present continuous

I am delighting

you are delighting

he/she/it is delighting

we are delighting

you are delighting

they are delighting

Present perfect

I have delighted

you have delighted

he/she/it has delighted

we have delighted

you have delighted

they have delighted

Present perfect continuous

I have been delighting

you have been delighting

he/she/it has been delighting

we have been delighting

you have been delighting

they have been delighting

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I delighted

you delighted

he/she/it delighted

we delighted

you delighted

they delighted

Past continuous

I was delighting

you were delighting

he/she/it was delighting

we were delighting

you were delighting

they were delighting

Past perfect

I had delighted

you had delighted

he/she/it had delighted

we had delighted

you had delighted

they had delighted

Past perfect continuous

I had been delighting

you had been delighting

he/she/it had been delighting

we had been delighting

you had been delighting

they had been delighting

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will delight

you will delight

he/she/it will delight

we will delight

you will delight

they will delight

Future continuous

I will be delighting

you will be delighting

he/she/it will be delighting

we will be delighting

you will be delighting

they will be delighting

Future perfect

I will have delighted

you will have delighted

he/she/it will have delighted

we will have delighted

you will have delighted

they will have delighted

Future perfect continuous

I will have been delighting

you will have been delighting

he/she/it will have been delighting

we will have been delighting

you will have been delighting

they will have been delighting

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would delight

you would delight

he/she/it would delight

we would delight

you would delight

they would delight

Conditional continuous

I would be delighting

you would be delighting

he/she/it would be delighting

we would be delighting

you would be delighting

they would be delighting

Conditional perfect

I would have delight

you would have delight

he/she/it would have delight

we would have delight

you would have delight

they would have delight

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been delighting

you would have been delighting

he/she/it would have been delighting

we would have been delighting

you would have been delighting

they would have been delighting

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you delight
we let´s delight
you delight

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to delight

Past participle

delighted

Present Participle

delighting

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «DELIGHT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «delight» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of delight

amuse · bliss · charm · cheer · comfort · content · divert · ecstasy · enchant · enjoyment · felicity · gladden · gladness · glee · gratification · gratify · happiness · joy · please · pleasure · rapture · ravish · rejoice · satisfaction · satisfy · thrill · tickle pink

TRANSLATION OF DELIGHT

Find out the translation of delight to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of delight from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «delight» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 高兴
• Translator English - Spanish: deleite
• English: delight
• Translator English - Hindi: खुशी
• Translator English - Arabic: بَهْجَة
• Translator English - Russian: наслаждение
• Translator English - Portuguese: prazer
• Translator English - Bengali: আমোদ
• Translator English - French: délice
• Translator English - Malay: Gembira
• Translator English - German: Vergnügen
• Translator English - Japanese: 大喜び
• Translator English - Korean: 기쁨
• Translator English - Javanese: Bungah
• Translator English - Vietnamese: sự vui sướng
• Translator English - Tamil: மகிழ்ச்சி
• Translator English - Marathi: खूप आनंद देणे
• Translator English - Turkish: zevk
• Translator English - Italian: gioia
• Translator English - Polish: rozkosz
• Translator English - Ukrainian: задоволення
• Translator English - Romanian: încântare
• Translator English - Greek: απόλαυση
• Translator English - Afrikaans: vreugde
• Translator English - Swedish: glädje
• Translator English - Norwegian: fornøyelse

10 QUOTES WITH «DELIGHT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word delight.

1

Henry Alford

I know not if the dark or bright shall be by lot; if that wherein my hopes delight be best or not.

2

Barbara de Angelis

Only when your consciousness is totally focused on the moment you are in can you receive whatever gift, lesson, or delight that moment has to offer.

3

Hannah Arendt

Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You deserve delight.

4

Neal Asher

I've been reading Tanith Lee since I was a teenager, beginning with 'The Birthgrave' and 'The Storm Lord.' Only recently did I discover, to my delight, how many more of her books I've yet to read.

5

Saint Teresa of Avila

Mental prayer in my opinion is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to be alone with Him who we know loves us. The important thing is not to think much but to love much and so do that which best stirs you to love. Love is not great delight but desire to please God in everything.

6

Neal Barnard

We help people to begin truly healthful diets, and it is absolutely wonderful to see, not only their success, but also their delight at their ability to break old habits and feel really healthy for a change.

7

Charles Baudelaire

The unique and supreme voluptuousness of love lies in the certainty of committing evil. And men and women know from birth that in evil is found all sensual delight.

8

Venerable Bede

And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words of Thy knowledge, so Thou wouldst mercifully grant me to attain one day to Thee, the fountain of all wisdom and to appear forever before Thy face.

9

Venerable Bede

I have devoted my energies to the study of the scriptures, observing monastic discipline, and singing the daily services in church; study, teaching, and writing have always been my delight.

10

Daniel Boone

I had gained the summit of a commanding ridge, and, looking round with astonishing delight, beheld the ample plains, the beauteous tracts below.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DELIGHT»

Discover the use of delight in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to delight and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

City of Dreadful Delight: Narratives of Sexual Danger in ...

A model of cultural history, this ambitious book will stimulate and enlighten readers across a broad range of interests.

Judith R. Walkowitz, 2013

Dixieland Delight: A Football Season on the Road in the ...

Dixieland Delight is Travis's hilarious, loving, irreverent, and endlessly entertaining chronicle of a season of ironic excess in a world that goes a little crazy on football Saturdays.

Clay Travis, 2010

Thermal Delight in Architecture

Considerations given to thermal qualities in the design and construction of buildings worldwide and throughout history are examined in an attempt to show the importance of thermal qualities in effective building design

Lisa Heschong, 1979

Hacker's Delight

Extensive additions in this edition include A new chapter on cyclic redundancy checking (CRC), including routines for the commonly used CRC-32 code A new chapter on error correcting codes (ECC), including routines for the Hamming code More ...

Henry S. Warren, 2012

Ecology, Community and Delight: Sources of Values in ...

The book integrates an investigation of historical sources with contemporary research into the beliefs and values of practitioners. The book raises questions such as: should landscape architecture aspire to the status of an art form?

Ian H. Thompson, 2000

Heart's Delight

Heart's Delight tells of a teenage boy's first love.

Per Nilsson, 2005

The Customer Delight Principle: Exceeding Customers' ...

This book reveals how leading marketers consistently retain and grow their customer bases by moving beyond satisfaction to discover and fill each customer's unseen yet essential needs.

Timothy L. Keiningham, Terry G. Vavra, 2001

Likeable Social Media: How to Delight Your Customers, Create ...

Praise for Likeable Social Media: Dave Kerpen's insights and clear, how-to instructions on building brand popularity by truly engaging with customers on Facebook, Twitter, and the many other social media platforms are nothing short of ...

Dave Kerpen, 2011

The Delight Makers

From 1890, this is an important contribution to the literature of the Southwest, a fictional novel of pre-Columbian Pueblo Indians, based on the author's experiences with the Native Americans of New Mexico.

Adolph Bandelier, 2011

A Reader's Delight

One of America's finest essayists writes about 40 literary masterpieces that have been wrongfully forgotten or were ignored in the first place.

Noel Perrin, 1988

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DELIGHT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term delight is used in the context of the following news items.

'Hamilton' Roles Are This Rapper's Delight

Fronting an experimental rap group isn't a standard resume item for most Broadway performers. Nor is excelling at freestyle rap, a fast-paced ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»

'The new stadium looks immense': Tottenham players and fans react …

Tottenham players and fans have reacted with delight to the announcement of the club's plans for the redevelopment of White Hart Lane. «Evening Standard, Jul 15»

Tall order: Height of delight

Dubai: I think I will have to admit I haven't seen a more lavish and elaborate iftar buffet than the one I reviewed last week at the Dubai Ballroom ... «gulfnews.com, Jul 15»

Diyarbakir residents delight at UNESCO recognition in Turkey's …

Nezahat Arslan, a childcare worker in Denmark who was was born and raised in Diyarbakir, beamed with delight that UNESCO has put her ... «Rudaw, Jul 15»

Medal delight as pupils show sporting skills

Students from Archbishop Blanch School are enjoying sporting success after winning a hoard of medals at the City Athletics Championships at ... «Liverpool Echo, Jul 15»

Bernadette Peters, Boston Pops delight Tanglewood crowd

Consummate Broadway diva Bernadette Peters, backed by Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops, delighted a Sunday afternoon Tanglewood ... «Berkshire Eagle, Jul 15»

An Iron Range Educator's View: Word usage can bring delight

Word people are people who enjoy the beauty of the sound of words. For example, word people love to use the word “onomatopoeia. «Duluth News Tribune, Jul 15»

VIDEO: 'Delight' as Dame Joan officially opens village hall

Residents flocked to see the cutting of the ribbon by Lady Olivier at the official launch of Ashurst Village Hall last week. What has become a ... «West Sussex Gazette, Jul 15»

Earthly Delight

Earthly Delight. Dior's Raf Simons went to the garden with Hieronymus Bosch as the couture season bloomed. SEE LIST BELOW FOR ALL OF ... «WWD, Jul 15»

Daily Delight: From church to theatre to villa

What was originally the Church of Palms in Brisbane is now a luxury home that reconciles the building's heritage listing with modern design. «Residential Property Manager, Jul 15»