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[ dih-lahyt-fuhl ] / dɪˈlaɪt fəl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR delightful ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivegiving great pleasure or delight; highly pleasing: a delightful surprise. Origin of delightfulFirst recorded in 1520–30; delight + -ful SYNONYMS FOR delightfulpleasant, pleasurable, enjoyable; charming, enchanting, delectable, agreeable. SEE SYNONYMS FOR delightful ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR delightfuldisagreeable. SEE ANTONYMS FOR delightful ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM delightfulde·light·ful·ly, adverbde·light·ful·ness, nounun·de·light·ful, adjectiveun·de·light·ful·ly, adverbDictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for delightfulSure, there are some colorful English aristocrats still around, but is the age of the delightfully nutty toff at an end? The Death of the English Eccentric|Tom Sykes|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST For me, technology is a delightfully helpful crutch to scaffold me into more advanced meditative practices. High-Tech Meditation: Swap Your Yogi for a Headset|Gregory Ferenstein|April 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST The delightfully trippy television special has been mocked as feminist propaganda disguised as entertainment. ‘Free to Be…You and Me’ Did Not Emasculate Men|Emily Shire|March 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST It was an emotional speech, but a delightfully graceful, rather than unctuous and overblown, one. The Changing Color of the Oscars: '12 Years A Slave' Makes History|Tim Teeman|March 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For more than ten years and countless buckets of blood, ‘CSI’ has taken us to delightfully gruesome crime scenes. The Greatest ‘CSI: Crime Scene Investigation’ Episodes|Kelsey Meany|October 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST They liked wine; they knew what it was, all right, but this seemed to have a delightfully different flavor. Out in the Ægean Sea the weather is almost cool and delightfully refreshing, just like a fine morning in spring at home. Cities of the Dawn|J. Ewing Ritchie I thought how delightfully nave and completely perfect was their understanding. Nat Goodwin's Book|Nat C. Goodwin The other's tone was delightfully envious of Uriah's good fortune. The New Land|Elma Ehrlich Levinger He would have had some urbane, cynical and delightfully disillusioning remarks to offer. Mince PieAuthor: Christopher Darlington MorleyRelease Date: October 10, 2004 [eBook #13694]|Christopher Darlington Morley
British Dictionary definitions for delightful
adjectivegiving great delight; very pleasing, beautiful, charming, etc Derived forms of delightfuldelightfully, adverbdelightfulness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to delightfulbeautiful, enjoyable, satisfying, alluring, refreshing, fascinating, delectable, engaging, pleasing, luscious, amusing, delicious, enchanting, thrilling, entertaining, lovely, captivating, adorable, agreeable, ambrosial |