Word Meanings - DELIGHTER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One who gives or takes delight.

DELIGHTING
Giving delight; gladdening. -- De*light"ing*ly, adv. Jer. Taylor.
DELIGHTLESS
Void of delight. Thomson.
GIVES
Fetters.
DELIGHTOUS
Delightful. Rom. of R.
DELIGHTFUL
Highly pleasing; affording great pleasure and satisfaction. "Delightful bowers." Spenser. "Delightful fruit." Milton. Syn. -- Delicious; charming. See Delicious. -- De*light"ful*ly, adv. -- De*light"ful*ness, n.
DELIGHTSOME
Very pleasing; delightful. "Delightsome vigor." Grew. Ye shall be a delightsome land, . . . saith the Lord. Mal. iii. 12. -- De*light"some*ly, adv. -- De*light"some*ness, n.
DELIGHT
1. A high degree of gratification of mind; a high-wrought state of pleasurable feeling; lively pleasure; extreme satisfaction; joy. Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not. Shak. A fool hath no delight in understanding. Prov. xviii.
DELIGHTEDLY
With delight; gladly.
DELIGHTED
Endowed with delight. If virtue no delighted beauty lack. Shak. Syn. -- Glad; pleased; gratified. See Glad.
DELIGHTABLE
Capable of delighting; delightful. Many a spice delightable. Rom. of R.
DELIGHTER
One who gives or takes delight.
OVERDELIGHTED
Delighted beyond measure.
SWEEPSTAKES
The whole money or other things staked at a horse race, a given sum being put up for each horse, all of which goes to the winner, or is divided among several, as may be previously agreed. 3. A race for all the sums staked or prizes offered. (more