Antonym: grief, sadness, sorrow. Similar words: highlight, light, flight, slight, light up, lightly, slightly, lighting. Meaning: [dɪ'laɪt] n. 1. a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction 2. something or someone that provides pleasure; a source of happiness. v. 1. give pleasure to or be pleasing to 2. take delight in 3. hold spellbound.
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181. Used properly, bothies are places of great convenience and delight, but do remember a couple of important points.
182. Congressional wives take delight in pointing out that kind of error to their husbands.
183. Not one took any delight or pride in what he had done.
184. Paul's delight at being asked to play the piano for us was clear.
185. He had a deep contempt for the bureaucratic mind and took particular delight in circumventing bureaucratic obstruction.
186. She turned on the tap and gave a whoop of delight as water cascaded forth, hot and plentiful.
187. He emptied it with delight and demanded more, and Odysseus poured for him until finally a drunken sleep overcame him.
188. To find such a delight in the middle of a modern street makes any trip worthwhile.
189. Owned now by the National Trust it is a delight to visit.
190. He ran great loopy circles, barking with delight, while Master dodged and dived, trying to catch him.
191. The study of Scripture, he suggested, did nothing to hinder an inquisitive man's delight in the study of nature.
192. In the end, the poems must be read as expressions of sheer delight in friendship.
193. Like music, the better one knows the score, the greater the delight and reward one gains from reading it.
194. The story of the purchase of Sarah's burial plot is comedy, and comedy frequently takes delight in debunking heroes. Sentencedict.com
195. It is also true that several novelists, such as Carpentier and Fuentes, delight in weaving elaborate, formal patterns.
196. This was the heart of the bastide, Sabine realised with a gasp of delight.
197. The cowgirl was apparently popular, for little squeals of delight from females went up instantly at her entrance.
198. He and his brother would take delight in cutting out oat cakes.
199. I felt only a wild delight as I hit his body again and again.
200. Visiting with owners Kim and Greg over breakfast was a delight.
201. On the contrary: I took great delight in my thinness and saw it as the embodiment of my strength and virtue.
202. The band often finds a radio-ravaged fan after a show who expresses surprise and delight in the retro sound.
203. Utterly daft and unsophisticated, it elevated Allen to the very head of the children's table - and is sheer delight.
204. He seemed to take great delight in taking the church for a ride.
205. Polly grinned, delight at the glorious sunrise, and relief at feeling better adding warmth and brilliance to her smile.
206. His eyes sparkled with delight as her mannerisms and voice reminded him of just how attractive he found Englishwomen.
207. The children squealed with delight when Karen tallied up the poker chips and announced that Jennifer and Bryan had the highest scores.
208. I asked him on the off chance. To my astonishment and delight he answered, Yes!
209. For all the abuse, there are moments of unmitigated delight as well.
210. His greatest holiday delight was to view old churches and their stained glass.
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