Definitions for delightful
dɪˈlaɪt fəlde·light·ful

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. delightful, deliciousadjective

   greatly pleasing or entertaining

   "a delightful surprise"; "the comedy was delightful"; "a delicious joke"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. delightfuladjective

   Pleasant; pleasing, bringing satisfaction, enjoyment or pleasure.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Delightfuladjective

   Pleasant; charming; full of delight.

   Etymology: from delight and full.

   He was given to sparing in so immeasurable sort, that he did not only bar himself from the delightful, but almost from the necessary use thereof. Philip Sidney, b. iv.

   No Spring nor Summer on the mountain seen,
   Smiles with gay fruits, or with delightful green. Addison.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. delightful

   Delightful refers to something that brings great pleasure, joy, or enjoyment. It often describes experiences, objects, or people that are very pleasing, charming, or attractive.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. Delightfuladjective

   highly pleasing; affording great pleasure and satisfaction

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Delightful

   "Delightful" is the first physical single released by Ami Suzuki under the label Avex Trax. It is commonly known as Suzuki's "comeback single", after 5 years of her previous major work.

British National Corpus

1. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'delightful' in Adjectives Frequency: #979

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How to pronounce delightful?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say delightful in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of delightful in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of delightful in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of delightful in a Sentence

1. Bill Maher:

   Well, you should live out here for a while. You'll see some crazy s ---, and yet, as I always say, the climate is a disaster and the weather is delightful.

2. Mahatma Gandhi:

   Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy.

3. Letitia Elizabeth Landon:

   Love has no power to look forward — the delicious consciousness of the present, a faint but delightful shadow of the past, form its eternity.

4. Edna Ferber:

   Being an old maid is like death by drowning, a really delightful sensation after you cease to struggle.

5. Sydney Smith:

   His enemies might have said before that he talked rather too much; but now he has occasional flashes of silence, that make his conversation perfectly delightful.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=delightful
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Delightful
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=delightful
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/delightful
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=delightful
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=delightful