Standard Lemma guide

delightful

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /dəˈlaɪt.fl̩/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Pleasant; pleasing, bringing enjoyment, satisfaction, or pleasure.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

greatly pleasing or entertaining

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a delightful surprise
  • the comedy was delightful
  • a delicious joke

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: delicious

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English deliteful, delitfull, equivalent to delight + -ful.

Across languages

Translations

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بَهِيج (bahīj) — pleasant; pleasing
  • Azerbaijani: fərəhli — pleasant; pleasing
  • Central Bikol: masanggaya — pleasant; pleasing
  • Bulgarian: възхитителен (vǎzhititelen) — pleasant; pleasing
  • Catalan: encantador — pleasant; pleasing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 嫵媚 /妩媚 (wǔmèi) — pleasant; pleasing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 愉快 (yúkuài) — pleasant; pleasing
  • Czech: příjemný — pleasant; pleasing
  • Czech: rozkošný — pleasant; pleasing
  • Czech: krásný — pleasant; pleasing
  • Czech: nádherný — pleasant; pleasing
  • Czech: lahodný — pleasant; pleasing
  • Esperanto: rava — pleasant; pleasing
  • Estonian: rõõmustav — pleasant; pleasing
  • Finnish: ilahduttava — pleasant; pleasing
  • Finnish: miellyttävä — pleasant; pleasing
  • Finnish: ihana — pleasant; pleasing
  • French: délicieux — pleasant; pleasing
  • Old French: delitable — pleasant; pleasing
  • Galician: deleitoso — pleasant; pleasing
  • Galician: deleitábel — pleasant; pleasing
  • German: reizvoll — pleasant; pleasing
  • German: entzückend — pleasant; pleasing
  • German: angenehm — pleasant; pleasing
  • Ancient Greek: τερπνός (terpnós) — pleasant; pleasing
  • Ancient Greek: θυμήρης (thumḗrēs) — pleasant; pleasing
  • Hindi: सुखद (sukhad) — pleasant; pleasing
  • Hindi: सुखदायी (sukhdāyī) — pleasant; pleasing
  • Hindi: सुखदायक (sukhdāyak) — pleasant; pleasing
  • Hindi: मनोरम (manoram) — pleasant; pleasing
  • Irish: caithiseach — pleasant; pleasing
  • Irish: taitneamhach — pleasant; pleasing
  • Japanese: 楽しい (tanoshii) — pleasant; pleasing
  • Japanese: 愉快な (yukai na) — pleasant; pleasing
  • Korean: 매우 기쁜 (mae'u gippeun) — pleasant; pleasing
  • Latin: iūcundus — pleasant; pleasing
  • Latin: voluptuosus — pleasant; pleasing
  • Persian: دلپذیر (delpazir) — pleasant; pleasing
  • Persian: دلپسند (delpasand) — pleasant; pleasing
  • Romanian: delicios — pleasant; pleasing
  • Russian: восхити́тельный (vosxitítelʹnyj) — pleasant; pleasing
  • Russian: очарова́тельный (očarovátelʹnyj) — pleasant; pleasing
  • Russian: прия́тный (prijátnyj) — pleasant; pleasing
  • Sanskrit: रम्य (ramya) — pleasant; pleasing
  • Spanish: deleitoso — pleasant; pleasing
  • Spanish: deleitable — pleasant; pleasing
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