Delighted

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Delighted \De*light"ed\, a.
     Endowed with delight.
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           If virtue no delighted beauty lack.      --Shak.
  


     Syn: Glad; pleased; gratified. See {Glad}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Delight \De*light"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Delighted}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Delighting}.] [OE. deliten, OF. delitier, deleitier,
     F. d['e]lecter, fr. L. delectare to entice away, to delight
     (sc. by attracting or alluring), intens. of delicere to
     allure, delight; de- + lacere to entice, allure; cf. laqueus
     a snare. Cf. {Delectate}, {Delicate}, {Delicious},
     {Dilettante}, {Elicit}, {Lace}.]
     To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please
     highly; as, a beautiful landscape delights the eye; harmony
     delights the ear.
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           Inventions to delight the taste.         --Shak.
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           Delight our souls with talk of knightly deeds.
                                                    --Tennyson.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  delighted
       adj 1: greatly pleased
       2: filled with wonder and delight [syn: {beguiled}, {captivated},
           {charmed}, {enthralled}, {entranced}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  31 Moby Thesaurus words for "delighted":
     amused, charmed, comfortable, content, contented, cozy, diverted,
     easy, enchanted, entertained, eupeptic, euphoric, exhilarated,
     favorably impressed with, glad, gladsome, gratified, happy,
     in clover, intrigued, pleased, pleased as Punch, pleased with,
     satisfied, sold on, taken with, thrilled, tickled, tickled pink,
     tickled to death, titillated