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Antonyms for delighting
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : dih-lahyt |
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈlaɪt |
Definition of delighting
Origin :- c.1200, deliten, from Old French delitier (see delight (n.)). Related: Delighted; delighting.
- verb make happy; experience happiness
- And, delighting in us as He does, God could not possibly stint us in what we earn from Him.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- He walked about the Gardens, delighting in the quiet and the coolness.
- Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
- Elise was delighting in her steady work, the first she had ever been allowed to do.
- Extract from : « Molly Brown's Orchard Home » by Nell Speed
- I pressed the glove to my face, delighting in its imagined likeness to myself.
- Extract from : « The Blue Wall » by Richard Washburn Child
- The good people thought they were delighting their son by these eulogies.
- Extract from : « The Hero » by William Somerset Maugham
- There is no one study that is not capable of delighting us after a little application to it.
- Extract from : « Pearls of Thought » by Maturin M. Ballou
- She became a bewildering revelation to him, amazing him, delighting him.
- Extract from : « Children of the Desert » by Louis Dodge
- "'Tisn't 'it,'—but 'they'—and they're out in the barn," said Alec, delighting in the mystery.
- Extract from : « Blue Bonnet's Ranch Party » by C. E. Jacobs
- “It's only them a-laughing, sir,” said Joe, delighting in the vagueness of his rejoinder.
- Extract from : « Phoebe, Junior » by Mrs [Margaret] Oliphant
- He began to laugh, openly, mischievously, delighting in her discomfiture.
- Extract from : « Regiment of Women » by Clemence Dane
Synonyms for delighting
- allure
- amuse
- arride
- attract
- be the ticket
- charm
- cheer
- content
- delectate
- divert
- enchant
- enrapture
- entertain
- exult
- fascinate
- freak out
- gladden
- glory
- go over big
- gratify
- groove
- hit the spot
- jubilate
- knock dead
- knock out
- please
- pleasure
- ravish
- rejoice
- satisfy
- score
- send
- slay
- thrill
- tickle pink
- tickle to death
- turn on
- wow
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