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de·light·ful
 delightful
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- pronunciation:
- d
laIt
fl
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
very pleasing; causing delight.
The dancers gave a delightful performance that pleased both the audience and the critics.The new science museum is a delightful place to visit.She found him delightful and laughed at all his jokes.- synonyms:
- charming, delectable, ravishing
- antonyms:
- abominable, annoying, appalling, foul, hateful, horrible, horrid, loathsome, obnoxious, odious, rotten, terrible, wretched
- similar words:
- adorable, agreeable, amiable, darling, engaging, enjoyable, glad, glorious, joyful, joyous, lovely, nice, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, prepossessing, winning, winsome
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| related words: |
glorious, graceful, pretty, ravishing, welcome |
adverb + (adj.)delightful
absolutely, equally, most, perfectly, surprisingly, that, utterly, wholly
(adj.)delightful
+ adverb
clockwise, occasionally
(adj.)delightful
+ noun
accent,
addition,
adventure,
alternative,
aroma,
breeze,
cluster,
collection,
combination,
comedy,
confection,
confusion,
contrast,
creature,
dessert,
discovery,
dish,
fantasy,
fiction,
flavor,
fragrance,
humor,
illustration,
inn,
jewel,
lady,
laugh,
lilt,
match,
meal,
menu,
novel,
pace,
paradox,
perennial,
personality,
plain,
poem,
prospect,
read,
recipe,
ritual,
salad,
sauce,
scent,
sensation,
sight,
soup,
suggestion,
summer,
surprise,
tale,
talking,
taste,
texture,
treasure,
treat,
twist,
vacation,
wine
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| derivations: |
delightfully (adv.), delightfulness (n.) |
The word delightful
contains the following part:
-ful1
Old English
adjective-forming suffix
that means full of
  More about this word part:
The suffix -ful1 attaches to native English nouns to form adjectives.
Example words:
awful, beautiful, boastful, careful, cheerful, colorful, deceitful, delightful, disgraceful, disrespectful, doubtful, dutiful, faithful, fearful, flavorful, fruitful, gleeful, graceful, harmful, helpful, hopeful, insightful, joyful, meaningful, merciful, mournful, painful, peaceful, plentiful, powerful, prayerful, purposeful, regretful, resentful, resourceful, respectful, scornful, skillful, sorrowful, stressful, successful, tactful, tasteful, tearful, thankful, thoughtful, trustful, uneventful, unmerciful, wasteful, useful
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