delight
verb/dɪˈlaɪt/
/dɪˈlaɪt/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they delight | /dɪˈlaɪt/ /dɪˈlaɪt/ |
| he / she / it delights | /dɪˈlaɪts/ /dɪˈlaɪts/ |
| past simple delighted | /dɪˈlaɪtɪd/ /dɪˈlaɪtɪd/ |
| past participle delighted | /dɪˈlaɪtɪd/ /dɪˈlaɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form delighting | /dɪˈlaɪtɪŋ/ /dɪˈlaɪtɪŋ/ |
- delight somebody to give somebody a lot of pleasure and joy
- This news will delight his fans all over the world.
- a movie that will thrill and delight most audiences
- Her lack of reserve delighted him.
- She had a limitless capacity to astonish and delight.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French delitier (verb), delit (noun), from Latin delectare ‘to charm’, frequentative of delicere. The -gh- was added in the 16th cent. by association with the verb light.Want to learn more?
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