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

Example sentences :

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

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