1 [U] a feeling of great pleasure:
a feeling of sheer / pure delight * The children squealed with delight when they saw the puppy. * She won the game easily, to the delight of all her fans. * He takes (great) delight in (= enjoys) proving others wrong.
2 [C] something that gives you great pleasure:
This guitar is a delight to play. * the delights of living in the country * the unrivalled culinary delights of the hotel
verb [VN] to give sb a lot of pleasure and enjoyment:
This news will delight his fans all over the world.
PHRASALVERBS
delight in sth / doing sth [nopassive] to enjoy doing sth very much, especially sth that makes other people feel embarrassed, uncomfortable, etc.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for delight is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is delight a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, delight is tagged as noun.
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