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| admire |
to look at with delight, wonder, and approval. [1/2 definitions] |
| charm |
the ability to attract, delight, and please. [3/4 definitions] |
| crow2 |
to make any nonverbal sounds indicating delight, as a baby. [1/4 definitions] |
| delectation |
enjoyment; delight; pleasure. |
| delighted |
filled with delight; exceedingly pleased. |
| delightful |
very pleasing; causing delight. |
| ecstatic |
in a condition of extreme delight, overpowering emotion, or religious trance; enraptured. [1/2 definitions] |
| enchant |
to charm and delight. [1/2 definitions] |
| entrance2 |
to put into a trance or a state of delight; charm. |
| glee |
a feeling of delight or joy. |
| goody |
used esp. by children to express pleasure or delight. [1/2 definitions] |
| hey |
a word used to draw attention or to show surprise, mild delight, or anger. |
| hot dog |
(informal) used to express excitement or delight. [1/2 definitions] |
| intoxicated |
in a state of delight, excitement, or exhilaration, sometimes excessive or to the exclusion of good judgment. [1/2 definitions] |
| joy |
a great feeling of happiness or pleasure; delight. [1/2 definitions] |
| overjoy |
to make extremely happy; delight. |
| paradise |
a state or place of great beauty, delight, or joy. [1/2 definitions] |
| pleasure |
a feeling of happiness, delight, or joy. [1/3 definitions] |
| rapture |
(often pl.) an expression of delight or ecstasy. [1/2 definitions] |
| ravishing |
causing great delight, esp. by beauty. |
| regale |
to entertain or delight, as with humorous tales. [1/3 definitions] |
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