Delightful
adjective
Causing happiness or great pleasure.
He had a delightful time at the fair.
Often appears as...
- delightful experience
- delightful surprise
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Approving
adjective
Causing happiness or great pleasure.
He had a delightful time at the fair.
Often appears as...
- delightful experience
- delightful surprise
Usage tips
Approving
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Pro Tip 1/3Positive Emotion
Used to describe something that makes you feel very happy, almost like a child.
The puppet show was delightful; it reminded me of my childhood.
Pro Tip 2/3Sensory Enjoyment
Often relates to things that appeal to the senses, like taste, sight, or sound.
The garden looked delightful in the spring sunshine.
Pro Tip 3/3Unexpected Joy
Can suggest a pleasant surprise or something better than expected.
Finding the old photo album was a delightful discovery.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Emotion
Used to describe something that makes you feel very happy, almost like a child.
The puppet show was delightful; it reminded me of my childhood.
Pro Tip 2/3Sensory Enjoyment
Often relates to things that appeal to the senses, like taste, sight, or sound.
The garden looked delightful in the spring sunshine.
Pro Tip 3/3Unexpected Joy
Can suggest a pleasant surprise or something better than expected.
Finding the old photo album was a delightful discovery.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Emotion
Used to describe something that makes you feel very happy, almost like a child.
The puppet show was delightful; it reminded me of my childhood.
Pro Tip 2/3Sensory Enjoyment
Often relates to things that appeal to the senses, like taste, sight, or sound.
The garden looked delightful in the spring sunshine.
Pro Tip 3/3Unexpected Joy
Can suggest a pleasant surprise or something better than expected.
Finding the old photo album was a delightful discovery.
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How one tweet can ruin...
What we had was a delightful narrative arc. We knew something that Justine didn't. Can you think of anything less judicial than this? Justine was asleep on a plane and unable to explain herself, and her inability was a huge part of the hilarity. On Twitter that night, we were like toddlers crawling towards a gun.
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How to use a semicolon -...
that's already festooned with commas. At first, they may seem frightening, then, they become enlightening, finally, you'll find yourself falling for these delightful punctuation marks." Even though the commas separate different parts of the sentence, it's easy to lose track of what belongs where.
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What's in Conditioner? PIPE...
natural ingredients starting with settle alcohol now if I add a bunch of thyme I would make it from palm oil but I don't so I just bought some and instead of silicones I'm using olive oil and coconut oil for fragrance I've got peppermint and rosemary essential oils because they smell delightful
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How does the Rorschach...
the creative and imaginative, the detail-oriented, the big-picture perceivers, and flexible participants able to adapt their approach. Some people would get stuck, offering the same answer for multiple blots. Others gave unusual and delightful descriptions.
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The wicked wit of Jane...
trading letters with their delightfully wicked friend Jane. But this unique brand of tongue-in-cheek humor is just one of the many feats found in her sly satires of society, civility, and sweeping romance. Written in the early nineteenth century,
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Filming A Battle Of Life...
seal bone and it's really fairly unpleasant the first time we did it my knee blistered and skinned and was just really very painful our delightful camera assistant rowan fashioned me some very good knee pads which have been a godsend
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Predictions of tech's...
two thousand rooms and or two how many five thousand well there you go so it's i tend to underestimate how bad things are the um one of the things that this delightfully conceals is that you must commute from your room
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Wild Beavers Return...
and four new mammal records here and we're seeing things all the time really new things you know any time you come down there could be some new thing which you haven't noticed before which is just delightful
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The journey to Pluto,...
Those observations have revealed a delightfully varied world, with ground fogs, high altitude hazes, possible clouds, canyons, towering mountains, faults, craters, polar caps, glaciers,
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Sleep is your superpower...
even suicide rates. But as a deeper dive, I want to focus on sleep loss and your immune system. And here, I'll introduce these delightful blue elements in the image.
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How one tweet can ruin...
What we had was a delightful narrative arc. We knew something that Justine didn't. Can you think of anything less judicial than this? Justine was asleep on a plane and unable to explain herself, and her inability was a huge part of the hilarity. On Twitter that night, we were like toddlers crawling towards a gun.
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How to use a semicolon -...
that's already festooned with commas. At first, they may seem frightening, then, they become enlightening, finally, you'll find yourself falling for these delightful punctuation marks." Even though the commas separate different parts of the sentence, it's easy to lose track of what belongs where.
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What's in Conditioner? PIPE...
natural ingredients starting with settle alcohol now if I add a bunch of thyme I would make it from palm oil but I don't so I just bought some and instead of silicones I'm using olive oil and coconut oil for fragrance I've got peppermint and rosemary essential oils because they smell delightful
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How does the Rorschach...
the creative and imaginative, the detail-oriented, the big-picture perceivers, and flexible participants able to adapt their approach. Some people would get stuck, offering the same answer for multiple blots. Others gave unusual and delightful descriptions.
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The wicked wit of Jane...
trading letters with their delightfully wicked friend Jane. But this unique brand of tongue-in-cheek humor is just one of the many feats found in her sly satires of society, civility, and sweeping romance. Written in the early nineteenth century,
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Filming A Battle Of Life...
seal bone and it's really fairly unpleasant the first time we did it my knee blistered and skinned and was just really very painful our delightful camera assistant rowan fashioned me some very good knee pads which have been a godsend
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Predictions of tech's...
two thousand rooms and or two how many five thousand well there you go so it's i tend to underestimate how bad things are the um one of the things that this delightfully conceals is that you must commute from your room
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Wild Beavers Return...
and four new mammal records here and we're seeing things all the time really new things you know any time you come down there could be some new thing which you haven't noticed before which is just delightful
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The journey to Pluto,...
Those observations have revealed a delightfully varied world, with ground fogs, high altitude hazes, possible clouds, canyons, towering mountains, faults, craters, polar caps, glaciers,
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Sleep is your superpower...
even suicide rates. But as a deeper dive, I want to focus on sleep loss and your immune system. And here, I'll introduce these delightful blue elements in the image.
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Charles Spurgeon
British Clergyman
It is a most delightful reflection that if I come to the throne of God in prayer, I may feel a thousand defects, but yet there is hope. I usually feel more dissatisfied with my prayers than with anything else I do.
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Oscar Wilde
Irish Poet
I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But to be out of it is simply a tragedy.
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Thomas Jefferson
American President
No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no culture comparable to that of the garden.
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Toni Morrison
American Novelist
My children are delightful people, whom I would love even if they weren't my children.
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Albert Einstein
German Physicist
Solitude is painful when one is young, but delightful when one is more mature.
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Richard Branson
British Businessman
Material things are delightful, but they're not important.
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Gauri Khan
Indian Producer
Dining should be a delightful and a beautiful experience.
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Helen Keller
American Author
Of all the senses, sight must be the most delightful.
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Emily Dickinson
American Poet
Truth is so rare that it is delightful to tell it.
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Herodotus
Greek Historian
Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men.
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Charles Spurgeon
British Clergyman
It is a most delightful reflection that if I come to the throne of God in prayer, I may feel a thousand defects, but yet there is hope. I usually feel more dissatisfied with my prayers than with anything else I do.
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Oscar Wilde
Irish Poet
I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But to be out of it is simply a tragedy.
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Thomas Jefferson
American President
No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no culture comparable to that of the garden.
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Toni Morrison
American Novelist
My children are delightful people, whom I would love even if they weren't my children.
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Albert Einstein
German Physicist
Solitude is painful when one is young, but delightful when one is more mature.
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Richard Branson
British Businessman
Material things are delightful, but they're not important.
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Gauri Khan
Indian Producer
Dining should be a delightful and a beautiful experience.
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Helen Keller
American Author
Of all the senses, sight must be the most delightful.
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Emily Dickinson
American Poet
Truth is so rare that it is delightful to tell it.
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Herodotus
Greek Historian
Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men.
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