delightful

/di'laitful/

Thân thiện

The children found the delightful puppy playing in the sunny park.

Definition

Adjective: 1. Causing great pleasure or delight; charming: Describes something or someone that gives a high degree of enjoyment, satisfaction, or joy. 2. Extremely pleasing or entertaining: Used to characterize an experience, event, or object that is highly enjoyable and often charming in its effect.

Usage

The adjective "delightful" is used to express strong, positive appreciation. It often describes experiences, people, places, or things that are not just pleasant but exceptionally charming and enjoyable. - It typically modifies a noun directly (e.g., a delightful person, a delightful evening). - It can be used predicatively after linking verbs like be, seem, find, etc. (e.g., "The garden is delightful.").

Examples

• We had a delightful conversation over tea.
• The children were delightful, well-mannered and curious.
• She has a delightful sense of humor that always lightens the mood.
• It was a delightful surprise to receive your letter.
• We spent a delightful afternoon wandering through the old town.

Advanced Usage

• "Simply delightful": An emphatic phrase used to underscore how thoroughly pleasing something is.
  • The performance was simply delightful.
• "Find something delightful": A common collocation expressing personal discovery and enjoyment.
  • I find his old-fashioned manners quite delightful.

Variants and Related Words

• Delight (noun/verb): The feeling or state of great pleasure; to give great pleasure to.
  • Noun: The children squealed with delight.
  • Verb: Her singing delighted the audience.
• Delightfully (adverb): In a delightful manner.
  • The room was delightfully cozy.
• Delighted (adjective): Feeling or showing great pleasure.
  • I was delighted to hear the good news.

Synonyms

• Charming: Pleasingly attractive or appealing.
• Enchanting: Delightfully charming or captivating.
• Pleasant: Giving a sense of happy satisfaction or enjoyment.
• Lovely: Exquisitely beautiful or delightful.
• Delectable (often for food or experiences): Delightful, highly enjoyable.

Antonyms

• Dreadful: Causing great fear or suffering; very bad or unpleasant.
• Unpleasant: Not pleasant or enjoyable.
• Tedious: Too long, slow, or dull; tiresome or monotonous.
• Repulsive: Arousing intense distaste or disgust.

Idioms and Common Phrases

• "A delight to the senses": Often used to describe something that is wonderfully pleasing to see, hear, taste, smell, or touch.
  • The fragrant, blooming garden was a delight to the senses.
• While "delightful" itself is not typically part of phrasal verbs, the root word "delight" appears in the phrasal verb "delight in", which means to take great pleasure in something.
  • He delights in telling stories about his travels.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. greatly pleasing or entertaining
   • a delightful surprise
   • the comedy was delightful
   • a delicious joke

Từ đồng nghĩa

• delicious