ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Delightful

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /dəˈlaɪt.fl̩/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Delightful is an adjective meaning Pleasant; pleasing, bringing enjoyment, satisfaction, or pleasure.

Meaning

Pleasant; pleasing, bringing enjoyment, satisfaction, or pleasure.

Example Sentences

Congratulations on that delightful absurdity about Nimzovitch[.]
That is what I plan to do at Yahoo: give the end user something valuable and delightful that makes them want to come to Yahoo every day.
What? a higher delight to be drawn from the sight / Of fish full of life and of glee? / What a noodle you are! ’tis delightfuller far / To kill them than let them go free!
An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed 'to save notepaper') and enter into the delightful pastime of 'a chicken from Mr Whiteley's'.

Word Forms

Synonyms for delightful

Depending on context, synonyms include delectable, delicious, pleasing.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pleasing, delicious, pleasurable, enjoyable, pleasure, pleasant.

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