delightful

B1
US /dəˈlaɪt.fl̩/
adj Freq #6348

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    greatly pleasing or entertaining

    a delightful surprise

  2. 2
    adj

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

    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!

Etymology

From Middle English deliteful, delitfull, equivalent to delight + -ful.

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Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · greatly pleasing or... delicious
2 adj · pleasant; pleasing,... delectabledelicious

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