delighted

de·light·ed

adj

Definition of DELIGHTED

1

obsolete : delightful

2

: highly pleased

— de·light·ed·ly adverb

— de·light·ed·ness noun

Examples of DELIGHTED

1. The children were especially delighted that there were enough cookies for each of them to have two.
2. We were delighted by the performance.
3. They are delighted at the prospect of a visit from their grandchildren.

First Known Use of DELIGHTED

1601

Related to DELIGHTED

Synonyms: blissful, chuffed [British], glad, gratified, happy, joyful, joyous, pleased, satisfied, thankful, tickled

Antonyms: displeased, dissatisfied, joyless, sad, unhappy, unpleased, unsatisfied

Related Words: beaming, blithe, blithesome, buoyant, cheerful, cheery, gay, gladsome, lighthearted, sunny, upbeat; gleeful, jocund, jolly, jovial, laughing, merry, mirthful, smiling; beatific, ecstatic, elated, enraptured, entranced, euphoric, exhilarated, intoxicated, rapturous, rhapsodic (also rhapsodical); exuberant, exultant, jubilant, rapt, rejoicing, thrilled; hopeful, optimistic, rosy, sanguine

Near Antonyms: abject, aggrieved, anguished, blue, brokenhearted, dejected, depressed, despondent, disconsolate, disheartened, downcast, downhearted, forlorn, melancholy; doleful, dolorous, lachrymose, mournful, plaintive, sorrowful, sorry, woeful; black, dark, desolate, dispirited, gloomy, glum, gray (also grey), grieved, heartbroken, heartsick, miserable, woebegone, wretched

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