Definitions for delighted

delighted de·light·ed

Spelling: [dih-lahy-tid]
IPA: /dɪˈlaɪ tɪd/

Delighted is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 194 anagrams from letters in delighted (ddeeghilt).

Definitions for delighted

noun

  1. a high degree of pleasure or enjoyment; joy; rapture:
  2. something that gives great pleasure:

adjective

  1. highly pleased.
  2. Obsolete. delightful.

verb (used with object)

  1. to give great pleasure, satisfaction, or enjoyment to; please highly:

verb (used without object)

  1. to have great pleasure; take pleasure (followed by in or an infinitive):

Origin of delighted

First recorded in 1595-1605; delight + -ed2

Examples for delighted

Pryor had yet to become the volatile social satirist who unnerved white industry executives and delighted black audiences.

One guy hams it up as Juliet, blonde wig and all, as a crowd gathers, delighted by the impromptu performance.

Thus a new paradise of God-labour opened on the delighted eyes of Hester.

We were delighted at a change in our mode of traveling and living.

“I was delighted to collaborate,” he said in the interview with Retro Report.

I am more than delighted to find he has begun to take an interest in music.

Just imagine how delighted Cpl. Bryon Dickson would have been to take his boys out trick-or-treating, if only he had been able.

At Percival's suggestion of a walk, Miss Milbrey was delighted.

She did indeed go to Harvard, where she majored in English and delighted in reading Chaucer in Old English.

"I can make a horse do what I want," he said, delighted at the compliment.

Word Value for delighted
Scrable

15

Words with friends

16

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