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1 ADJ Food that is delicious has a very pleasant taste. □  There's always a wide selection of delicious meals to choose from. ●  de|li|cious|ly ADV [ADV adj/-ed] □  This yoghurt has a deliciously creamy flavour.

2 ADJ [usu ADJ n] If you describe something as delicious , you mean that it is very pleasant. □  …that delicious feeling of surprise. ●  de|li|cious|ly ADV [ADV adj/-ed] □  It leaves your hair smelling deliciously fresh and fragrant.

de|light ◆◇◇ /d I la I t/ (delights , delighting , delighted )

1 N‑UNCOUNT Delight is a feeling of very great pleasure. □  Throughout the house, the views are a constant source of surprise and delight. □  Andrew roared with delight when he heard Rachel's nickname for the baby. □  To my great delight, it worked perfectly.

2 PHRASE If someone takes delight or takes a delight in something, they get a lot of pleasure from it. □  Haig took obvious delight in proving his critics wrong.

3 N‑COUNT [oft N to-inf] You can refer to someone or something that gives you great pleasure or enjoyment as a delight . [APPROVAL ] □  Sampling the local cuisine is one of the delights of a holiday abroad.

4 VERB If something delights you, it gives you a lot of pleasure. □ [V n] She has created a style of music that has delighted audiences all over the world.

5 VERB If you delight in something, you get a lot of pleasure from it. □ [V + in ] Generations of adults and children have delighted in the story. □ [V + in ] He delighted in sharing his love of birds with children. SYNONYMS delight NOUN 1

joy:Salter shouted with joy.

happiness:I think mostly she was looking for happiness.

ecstasy:…a state of almost religious ecstasy.

bliss:It was a scene of such domestic bliss.

rapture:His speech was received with rapture by his supporters.

de|light|ed ◆◇◇ /d I la I t I d/

1 ADJ [usu v-link ADJ , oft ADJ to-inf] If you are delighted , you are extremely pleased and excited about something. □  I know Frank will be delighted to see you. □ [+ with ] He said that he was delighted with the public response. ●  de|light|ed|ly ADV [ADV with v] □  'There!' Jackson exclaimed delightedly.

2 ADJ [v-link ADJ , oft ADJ to-inf] If someone invites or asks you to do something, you can say that you would be delighted to do it, as a way of showing that you are very willing to do it. [FEELINGS ] □  'You must come to Tinsley's graduation party.'—'I'd be delighted.' SYNONYMS delighted ADJ 1

thrilled:He's thrilled to bits at the news.

ecstatic:They were greeted by the cheers of an ecstatic crowd.

jubilant:…the jubilant crowds of Paris.

elated:I was elated that my second heart bypass had been successful.

over the moon:She was over the moon when she heard the news.

de|light|ful /d I la I tfʊl/ ADJ If you describe something or someone as delightful , you mean they are very pleasant. □  It was the most delightful garden I had ever seen. ●  de|light|ful|ly ADV [ADV adj/-ed] □  …a delightfully refreshing cologne.

de|lim|it /d I l I m I t/ (delimits , delimiting , delimited ) VERB If you delimit something, you fix or establish its limits. [FORMAL ] □ [V n] This is not meant to delimit what approaches social researchers can adopt.