Emotions / B2

di-LYT/dɪˈlaɪt/

Delight is a feeling of great pleasure; as a verb, to give that pleasure, or to take it (delight in): a delight to; delight in. Delightful is the adjective (already in the dictionary); pleasure is the everyday twin. Delight in the source is still not analysis; name the finding. Mix-up: delight vs daylight; light; do not leave delight as the whole evaluation with no named feature.

Meaning

A feeling of great pleasure; as a verb, to give that pleasure (delight in).

Examples

• “Delight in the source is still not analysis; name the finding, the paper said.”
• “The garden was a delight in the letter, which is the noun sense — still name the plant if the biology paper asks.”

Good to know

a delight to + verb; delight in; take delight in. Adjective: delightful / delighted. Close: pleasure / joy. Trap: daylight. Literature, RS, and reviews. Great pleasure — still name the object; too vague alone in a write-up.

Near in meaning

pleasure, joy, enjoyment

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