DELIGHTING (IN) Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

delighting (in)

verb

present participle of delight (in)

as in enjoying

to take pleasure in I've been delighting in your company, so I was wondering if we might have another date

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An evening spent practicing, creating, or enjoying your own company can strengthen your life outside the group without weakening the friendship.

— Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2026
The video provided by the zoo showed Ping Ping and Fu Shuang chowing down on bamboo stalks and enjoying their habitat.

— Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of enjoying

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Taking the pressure off finishing all the food on the plate can instead place emphasis on savoring the sensory experience of each bite.

— Bryn Beeder, The Conversation, 1 Nov. 2026
The series will see the writer travel the globe in pursuit of the idea that savoring life is an act of resistance.

— Mya Copeland, Variety, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of savoring

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There is something so beautiful about loving someone through every season of their life … Kenny, one of the greatest gifts of my life has been getting to know you through all your different chapters.

— Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2026
First, putting time into hobbies or pets or leisure and loving democracy aren’t mutually exclusive.

— R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of loving

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Social convention dictates that you not be caught liking Hoffman’s posts or following her yourself.

— Ben Smith, semafor.com, 2 Nov. 2026
His tool, Reverse Engineer Anything, or REA, lets artificial intelligence agents pull apart programs and reconstitute them to their users’ liking.

— Peter Hall, Scientific American, 30 Oct. 2026

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