Link Centre Dictionary

delightful

de·light·ful

UK/dəˈlaɪt.fl̩/ US/dɪˈlaɪtfʌl/ fairly common

adjective

1.

greatly pleasing or entertaining

  • “a delightful surprise”
  • “the comedy was delightful”
  • “a delicious joke”
Synonyms
Similar

Origin

From Middle English deliteful, delitfull, equivalent to delight + -ful.

Related words

Word family

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.