Delightful

3 definitions found

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

  Delightful \De*light"ful\, a.
     Highly pleasing; affording great pleasure and satisfaction.
     "Delightful bowers." --Spenser. "Delightful fruit." --Milton.
  
     Syn: Delicious; charming. See {Delicious}. --
          {De*light"ful*ly}, adv. -- {De*light"ful*ness}, n.


          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  delightful
       adj : greatly pleasing or entertaining; "a delightful surprise";
             "the comedy was delightful"; "a delicious joke" [syn: {delicious}]

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

  83 Moby Thesaurus words for "delightful":
     adorable, agreeable, alluring, ambrosial, amusing, appealing,
     attractive, beautiful, beguiling, bewitching, captivating,
     charming, congenial, dainty, darling, delectable, delicate,
     delicious, diverting, enchanting, engaging, enjoyable, enravishing,
     entertaining, enthralling, entrancing, exciting, exquisite, fair,
     fascinating, fetching, fun, good, good to eat, good-tasting,
     gratifying, gustable, gusty, heart-robbing, heavenly, humorous,
     ineffable, intriguing, inviting, irresistible, joyful, juicy,
     likable, lovely, luscious, lush, luxurious, nectareous, nectarous,
     nice, of gourmet quality, palatable, pleasant, pleasing,
     pleasurable, prepossessing, ravishing, recreational, sapid,
     satisfying, savorous, savory, scrumptious, sensuous, succulent,
     taking, tantalizing, tasty, tempting, thrilling, titillating,
     titillative, toothsome, voluptuous, winning, winsome, witching,
     yummy