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Definition of delighted in English: delightedadjective dɪˈlʌɪtɪddəˈlaɪdəd Feeling or showing great pleasure. with infinitive we were delighted to see her Example sentencesExamples - I even wrote an essay about the joys of dentistry which was presented to my delighted dentist.
- When she sees him, her eyes widen, and she smiles a delighted grin.
- But then there were tiny footprints, and then a delighted squeal.
- He was not at the count as he was unable to take a day off work but delighted supporters phoned to let him know the result.
- The woman was looking at her with a sarcastic yet delighted grin.
- Instead of being rewarded with a delighted smile, there was an awkward, bitter smirk.
- She added a wry smile as three slightly confused expressions dissolved quickly into delighted laughter.
- Yes, I'm absolutely delighted, for all the wrong reasons.
- The delighted new father cuddling his tiny baby cannot help but catch your attention.
- He looked at her in a kind of delighted amusement, while she reddened even more.
- It was a source of delighted surprise to his friends to discover his expert knowledge of food and wines.
- Some clearly delighted that the one-month ordeal holed up in the compound was over.
- The baby was born in a matter of minutes and I gave her straight to her delighted mum.
- We are both delighted to be playing our football in England and it has happened because of hard work.
- The result is a delighted audience, hanging on to find out how the quest ends.
- ‘He got down on one knee and popped the question,’ says an obviously delighted Linda.
- He is patently delighted that his story is to be made into a film, any kind of film.
- The wheels gently bumped the ground, bringing a delighted smile to her lips.
- Ben smiled a delighted smile, took a deep breath and began to sing.
- I held it up so she could see and she let out a delighted squeal.
Synonyms very pleased, glad, happy, joyful, thrilled, overjoyed, ecstatic, euphoric, elated, blissful, enraptured, on cloud nine/seven, walking on air, in seventh heaven, in transports of delight, jumping for joy, beside oneself with happiness, excited enchanted, charmed, entertained, gratified, amused, diverted, like a child with a new toy gleeful, triumphant, cock-a-hoop French enchanté informal over the moon, tickled pink, like a dog with two tails, as pleased as Punch, on top of the world, on a high, as happy as Larry, blissed out, sent British informal chuffed Northern English informal made up North American informal as happy as a clam Australian informal wrapped
Derivatives adverbdɪˈlʌɪtɪdli Certainly the acceptance speech was a series of such one-liners delivered on a circular stage, while the convention delegates pitched in delightedly with the expected applause. Example sentencesExamples - The round table giggled and smirked delightedly.
- ‘We look pretty good compared to most of them,’ he said delightedly.
- Or maybe they placed 2p into a ‘penny fall’ machine then watched delightedly as a handful of coins clattered into the ‘win’ tray.
- ‘She will kill him,’ said one source delightedly.
Definition of delighted in US English: delightedadjectivedəˈlaɪdəddəˈlīdəd Feeling or showing great pleasure. with infinitive we were delighted to see her Example sentencesExamples - Instead of being rewarded with a delighted smile, there was an awkward, bitter smirk.
- When she sees him, her eyes widen, and she smiles a delighted grin.
- He looked at her in a kind of delighted amusement, while she reddened even more.
- The wheels gently bumped the ground, bringing a delighted smile to her lips.
- He is patently delighted that his story is to be made into a film, any kind of film.
- The baby was born in a matter of minutes and I gave her straight to her delighted mum.
- He was not at the count as he was unable to take a day off work but delighted supporters phoned to let him know the result.
- She added a wry smile as three slightly confused expressions dissolved quickly into delighted laughter.
- But then there were tiny footprints, and then a delighted squeal.
- Yes, I'm absolutely delighted, for all the wrong reasons.
- The result is a delighted audience, hanging on to find out how the quest ends.
- The woman was looking at her with a sarcastic yet delighted grin.
- I even wrote an essay about the joys of dentistry which was presented to my delighted dentist.
- We are both delighted to be playing our football in England and it has happened because of hard work.
- ‘He got down on one knee and popped the question,’ says an obviously delighted Linda.
- I held it up so she could see and she let out a delighted squeal.
- It was a source of delighted surprise to his friends to discover his expert knowledge of food and wines.
- Ben smiled a delighted smile, took a deep breath and began to sing.
- Some clearly delighted that the one-month ordeal holed up in the compound was over.
- The delighted new father cuddling his tiny baby cannot help but catch your attention.
Synonyms very pleased, glad, happy, joyful, thrilled, overjoyed, ecstatic, euphoric, elated, blissful, enraptured, on cloud nine, on cloud seven, walking on air, in seventh heaven, in transports of delight, jumping for joy, beside oneself with happiness, excited
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