Antonyms for delightfulness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : dih-lahyt-fuhl

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈlaɪt fəl

Definition of delightfulness

Origin : c.1400, from delight (n.) + -ful. Related: Delightfully.

As in charm : noun enchantment, allure
As in amenity : noun pleasing, agreeable behavior

Example sentences :

The first few hours on shore after a voyage have a delightfulness all their own.
Extract from : « In the High Valley » by Susan Coolidge

They feel that it enhances the delightfulness of every glass they drink.
Extract from : « Human Intercourse » by Philip Gilbert Hamerton

I can appreciate the delightfulness of the compliment, for I believe it is sincere.
Extract from : « A Veldt Official » by Bertram Mitford

To meet an old friend is as the delightfulness of rain after drought.
Extract from : « Proverb Lore » by F. Edward Hulme

It is as careful and as rich as it can be, yet it adds no delightfulness to the edifice.
Extract from : « The Seven Lamps of Architecture » by John Ruskin

Each year adds to the variety of our fruits and the delightfulness of our flowers.
Extract from : « The World Set Free » by Herbert George Wells

Who that has not known it, can ever understand the delightfulness of a quarterly meeting?
Extract from : « The End Of The World » by Edward Eggleston

The capacities for sweetness and delightfulness were there within her, but all in a crude, undeveloped state.
Extract from : « A Little Country Girl » by Susan Coolidge

Never—oh, never, if I talked about it for a hundred years—could I give you an idea of the delightfulness of being able to fly!
Extract from : « Christmas Tree Land » by Mary Louisa Molesworth

And its delightfulness ought mainly to consist in those very imperfections which mark it for work done in times of rest.
Extract from : « The Stones of Venice, Volume III (of 3) » by John Ruskin

Synonyms for delightfulness

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