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Antonyms for delight
dɪˈlaɪtde·light
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term delight.
English Synonyms and Antonyms
delight
To entertain, in the sense here considered, is to engage and pleasantly occupy the attention; to amuse is to occupy the attention in an especially bright and cheerful way, often with that which excites merriment or laughter; as, he entertained us with an amusing story. To divert is to turn from serious thoughts or laborious pursuits to something that lightly and agreeably occupies the mind; one may be entertained or amused who has nothing serious or laborious from which to be diverted. To recreate, literally to re-create, is to engage mind or body in some pleasing activity that restores strength and energy for serious work. To beguile is, as it were, to cheat into cheer and comfort by something that insensibly draws thought or feeling away from pain or disquiet. We beguile a weary hour, cheer the despondent, divert the preoccupied, enliven a dull evening or company, gratify our friends' wishes, entertain, interest, please a listening audience, occupy idle time, disport ourselves when merry, recreate when worn with toil; we amuse ourselves or others with whatever pleasantly passes the time without special exertion, each according to his taste.
Antonyms:
annoy, bore, busy, disquiet, distract, disturb, tire, wearySynonyms:
amuse, beguile, cheer, disport, divert, enliven, entertain, gratify, interest, occupy, please, recreate
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
delight
Antonyms:
pain, suffering, sorrow, trouble, misery, displeasure, dissatisfaction, disappointment, discomfort, dejection, depression, distress, melancholy, discontentSynonyms:
enjoyment, pleasure, happiness, transport, ecstasy, joy, gratification, gladness, rapture, bliss
Princeton's WordNet
delight, delectationnoun
a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction
"his delight to see her was obvious to all"
Synonyms:
joy, enjoyment, delectation, pleasurejoy, delight, pleasureverb
something or someone that provides a source of happiness
"a joy to behold"; "the pleasure of his company"; "the new car is a delight"
Synonyms:
joyousness, joy, pleasance, delectation, pleasure, joyfulnessplease, delightverb
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
"These colors please the senses"; "a pleasing sensation"
Synonyms:
enthral, revel, enjoy, ravish, enrapture, enchant, enthrall, transport, pleasedelight, enjoy, revelverb
take delight in
"he delights in his granddaughter"
Synonyms:
ravish, enjoy, savour, please, relish, transport, enthrall, make merry, enchant, bask, jollify, savor, whoop it up, racket, love, make whoopie, wassail, make happy, enrapture, revel, enthralenchant, enrapture, transport, enthrall, ravish, enthral, delightverb
hold spellbound
Synonyms:
ship, transfer, ravish, capture, beguile, dishonour, enthrall, violate, dishonor, captivate, enamour, witch, trance, channelize, jinx, enamor, enthral, channelise, becharm, enrapture, channel, carry, transport, revel, entrance, rape, fascinate, charm, glamour, outrage, enjoy, catch, assault, send, hex, enchant, please, bewitch, transmit
Editors Contribution
compunction
opposite of remorse, regret
How to use delight in a sentence?
The moment you have in your heart this extraordinary thing called love and feel the depth, the delight, the ecstasy of it, you will discover that for you the world is transformed.
Knowing how things work is the basis for appreciation, and is thus a source of civilized delight.
Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition.
Cologne Mayor Henriette Reker:
We'll celebrate the traditional, unique and world-famous carnival much to everyone's delight like we have always done in Cologne, we have reacted to the events of New Year's Eve with specific measures.
The adventitious beauty of poetry may be felt in the greater delight with a verse given in a happy quotation than in the poem.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1938 | pain | |
#3124 | trouble | |
#4087 | busy | |
#4452 | depression | |
#5907 | suffering | |
#6587 | tire | |
#9338 | delight | |
#11904 | bore | |
#12669 | distress | |
#14621 | sorrow | |
#15487 | misery | |
#15535 | disappointment | |
#17321 | discomfort | |
#19799 | weary | |
#20785 | annoy | |
#23336 | disturb | |
#25291 | melancholy | |
#27687 | dissatisfaction | |
#30316 | distract | |
#32460 | discontent | |
#48141 | displeasure | |
#93318 | disquiet | |
#125298 | dejection |
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