"delight" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

is a type of: pleasance, pleasure - a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
subtypes:
- entrancement, ravishment - a feeling of delight at being filled with wonder and enchantment
- amusement - a feeling of delight at being entertained
- schadenfreude - delight in another person's misfortune
same as: delectation
is a type of: positive stimulus - a stimulus with desirable consequences

same as: joy, pleasure

Verb

causes:
- like - be fond of
- like - find enjoyable or agreeable
is a type of: gratify, satisfy - make happy or satisfied
subtypes:
- endear - make attractive or lovable
- delight, enchant, enrapture, enthral, enthrall, ravish, transport - hold spellbound
same as: please

verb group: please - give satisfaction
entail: expend, use - use up, consume fully
subtypes:
- have a ball, have a good time - enjoy oneself greatly
- wallow - delight greatly in
- live it up - enjoy oneself
same as: enjoy, revel
is a type of: delight, please - give pleasure to or be pleasing to

same as: enchant, enrapture, enthral, enthrall, ravish, transport