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- Dictionarydelightful/dɪˈlʌɪtf(ʊ)l/
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- 1. causing delight; charming: "a delightful secluded garden" Similar Opposite
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very pleasant, attractive, or enjoyable: Our new neighbours are delightful. Thank you for a delightful evening. Synonym. delicious. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. giving pleasure and holding your attention. good It's a good film overall. enjoyable We had an enjoyable time with Bob and Helen.
The meaning of DELIGHTFUL is highly pleasing. How to use delightful in a sentence.
Delightful definition: giving great pleasure or delight; highly pleasing. See examples of DELIGHTFUL used in a sentence.
very pleasant, attractive, or enjoyable: Our new neighbors are delightful. Thank you for a delightful evening. Synonym. delicious. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. giving pleasure and holding your attention. good It's a good film overall. enjoyable We had an enjoyable time with Bob and Helen.
Anything delightful causes pleasure or joy. For most people, watching a puppy play is delightful. Delight is a strong positive emotion. We feel delight when something entertains or pleases us very much. Such things can be called delightful. After weeks of cold weather, a sunny day is delightful. Making a new friend is delightful.
delightful that gives you great pleasure; very attractive: a delightful little fishing village; wonderful, lovely or delightful? All these words can describe times, events, places, sights, feelings and the weather. Wonderful can also describe a chance or ability.
(dɪlaɪtfʊl ) adjective B2. If you describe something or someone as delightful, you mean they are very pleasant. It was the most delightful garden I had ever seen. Synonyms: pleasant, pleasing, charming, engaging More Synonyms of delightful. delightfully adverb [ADVERB adjective/-ed] B2. ...a delightfully refreshing cologne.
Define delightful. delightful synonyms, delightful pronunciation, delightful translation, English dictionary definition of delightful. adj. Greatly pleasing. de·light′ful·ly adv. de·light′ful·ness n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
: a high degree of gratification or pleasure : joy. children squealing in delight. also : extreme satisfaction. seems to take delight in the misfortunes of others. 2. : something that gives great pleasure. her performance was a delight. 3. archaic : the power of affording pleasure. of more delight than hawks or horses be Shakespeare. delight.
Synonyms for DELIGHTFUL: pleasant, delicious, enjoyable, nice, sweet, pleasing, satisfying, good; Antonyms of DELIGHTFUL: unpleasant, disagreeable, unwelcome, ghastly, miserable, abominable, horrid, disgusting.
