[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/delight/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [D](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/d/) / delight # delight noun (delight, delights); verb (delight, delights, delighted, delighting) «delight» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. Delight is a feeling of great happiness and pleasure. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/delight/#m1) 2. A delight is something or someone that gives great pleasure. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/delight/#m2) 3. (verb) To delight someone is to make them very happy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/delight/#m3) 4. (verb) To delight in something is to enjoy it very much, sometimes in a mean way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/delight/#m4) ### In the lessons In stories, delight shows a character's joy: «squealed with delight», «to her delight». Teachers say «a delight to teach» on reports. Turkish delight is a sweet. Common phrases: «to my delight», «squeal with delight», «take delight in», «delight in», «a delight to», «Turkish delight». ### Examples - The children screamed with delight on the roller coaster. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/delight/#x1) - To my delight, the snow was still there in the morning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/delight/#x2) - Your daughter is a delight to have in class. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/delight/#x3) - The magician delighted the audience with his tricks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/delight/#x4) - The puppy delights in chewing shoes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/delight/#x5) - The garden was full of summer delights. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/delight/#x6) - Edmund ate the Turkish delight in the Narnia story. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/delight/#x7) - We were delighted to win the cup. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/delight/#x8) - To his delight it seemed thick and stout. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/delight/#x9) ### Note As a feeling, «delight» is uncountable (filled with delight); as a pleasing thing it is countable (the delights of the seaside). The adjective «delighted» means very pleased; «delightful» means very pleasant. Trap: «delighted at/with/by», and «delight in doing». ## In Jewish tradition Here it also means to take pleasure in someone or to favor them. **Interpretation.** Tradition reads God's delight in the fathers as the reason Israel was chosen out of love, not because of its size. ### Examples - And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter. (Torah GEN.34.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/delight/#x1) - If the LORD delight in us, then He will bring us into this land, and give it unto us — a land which floweth with milk and honey. (Torah NUM.14.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/delight/#x2) - Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and He chose their seed after them, even you, above all peoples, as it is this day. (Torah DEU.10.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/delight/#x3) - Yea, Thy testimonies are my delight, they are my counsellors. (Writings PSA.119.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/delight/#x4) - How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights! (Writings SNG.7.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/delight/#x5) - When my cares are many within me, Thy comforts delight my soul. (Writings PSA.94.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/delight/#x6) ### Note As a feeling, «delight» is uncountable (filled with delight); as a pleasing thing it is countable (the delights of the seaside). The adjective «delighted» means very pleased; «delightful» means very pleasant. Trap: «delighted at/with/by», and «delight in doing». ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «delight» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/delight/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«delight» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/delight.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «delight» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/delight/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«delight» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/delight.html) on Mova free.