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delight
adjectives
great delight
• It gave her great delight to tease him about his various girlfriends.
sheer/pure delight
(= very great )
• She opened the present and laughed with sheer delight.
obvious/evident
(= easy to see )
• Spencer was staring at the girl with obvious delight.
verbs
take/find delight in something
(= enjoy something a lot )
• He took delight in entertaining guests in his apartment.
squeal/scream with delight
• Lucy suddenly saw the sea and screamed with delight.
laugh with delight
• ‘That’s a brilliant idea’! she said, laughing with delight.
greet something with delight
• His suggestion was greeted with delight.
phrases
a squeal/gasp/cry etc of delight
• The child gave a squeal of delight.
a source of delight
(= something that gives great pleasure )
• It’s a beautiful park and a source of delight to most visitors.
much to sb’s delight
( also to sb’s great delight ) (= used to say that something gave someone a lot of pleasure )
• The princess stopped to talk to people, much to the delight of the crowd.
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delight in sth
to get a lot of pleasure from something, especially something unpleasant
• Some people delight in the misfortunes of others.
• My brother always delights in telling me when I make a mistake.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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noun feeling of great pleasure ADJ. deep, great, intense | absolute, utter | pure, sheer | mischievous, perverse | childish/childlike | endless | evident, obvious | mutual | aesthetic, sensual, spiritual His mind was reeling with an almost aesthetic delight at the beauty of the thing. VERB + DELIGHT express | find, take She took evident delight in frightening the children with horror stories. | give sb | scream with, squeal with, whoop with Alice squealed with sheer delight when she saw the monkeys. | be greeted with The news was greeted with great delight. PREP. in/with ~ We danced around with childish delight. | of ~ She gave a whoop of delight and dived into the water. | to your ~ To my great delight, they phoned and offered me the job. | ~ at He expressed his delight at seeing us all again. | ~ in I find a perverse delight in listening to traffic. PHRASES a cry/gasp/squeal of delight, much to sb's delight Much to the delight of the crowd, the band came back and did three encores. sth that gives great pleasure ADJ. real | constant, continual The baby was a constant delight and source of amazement. | unexpected | culinary, gastronomic VERB + DELIGHT explore, sample | enjoy, savour Savour the culinary delights of Morocco. PREP. to The old lady's reminiscences were a continual delight to Constance.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary