Word

delight, v.
(delighted, delighting, delights)
freq. cnt. 8

give pleasure to or be pleasing to
<verb.emotion> freq. cnt.: 20 freq. cnt.: 15 freq. cnt.: 5

delight please

sample sentences

"These colors please the senses"
"a pleasing sensation"

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
The good news will %s her
The performance is likely to %s Sue

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
The good news will %s her

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

pleasant pleasure pleasing pleasure pleasure pleaser

antonym

displease

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

delight delight

semantic pointers

hyponym

endear enchant, transport, enthrall, enrapture, ravish, enthral, delight

cause

like like

hypernym

satisfy, gratify

verb group

please

take delight in
<verb.consumption> freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

delight enjoy revel

sample sentences

"he delights in his granddaughter"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
Sam and Sue %s the movie
They will %s the duet

verb frames

Somebody ----s PP
Sam and Sue %s over the results of the experiment

verb frames

Somebody ----s PP

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

enjoyment enjoyment enjoyer

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

delight delight

semantic pointers

entailment

use, expend

hyponym

have a ball, have a good time wallow live it up

hold spellbound
<verb.emotion> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

delight enchant enrapture enthral enthrall ravish transport

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
The good news will %s her

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
The good news will %s her
The performance is likely to %s Sue

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
The good news will %s her
The performance is likely to %s Sue

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
The good news will %s her
The performance is likely to %s Sue

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
The good news will %s her

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
The good news will %s her

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
The good news will %s her

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

enchantment enchantment

antonym

disenchant

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

transport

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

enthrallment

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

ravishment

semantic pointers

hypernym

please, delight