delight
What thrills bring
Delight is intense pleasure or joy, stronger than happiness but lighter than ecstasy.
Something that delights you brings sudden, vivid enjoyment: The children squealed with delight.
A delight is a source of such pleasure: The garden was a delight in spring.
To delight in something is to take great pleasure from it: She delights in proving people wrong.
Joyful emotional state
- pleasureHappy, satisfied feeling
- gladnessState of being pleased
- elationIntense triumphant joy
- gleeExuberant, often impish delight
enjoyment · bliss · jubilation · exuberance · euphoria · mirth · jollity · cheerfulness
Overwhelming intense delight
- raptureOverwhelming ecstatic feeling
- blissPerfect, serene felicity
- nirvanaRelease from cyclical existence
- heavenSky or bliss
paradise · exaltation · sublimity · divine · spiritual · ethereal · numinous · epiphany
Magical influence over someone
- captivationState of being fascinated
- fascinationIntense absorbed interest
- allureAttractive, tempting quality
- appealFormal review request
beguilement · enticement · magnetism · charisma · winsomeness · sweetness · loveliness · attractiveness
State of eager enthusiasm
- exhilarationIntense joyful excitement
- adrenalineEmergency response hormone
- surpriseUnexpected event causing astonishment
- wonderAmazement or curiosity
amazement · astonishment · spine-tingling · heart-pounding · gasp · shiver · breathtaking · awe
Yielding to desire
- delicacyRefined sensitivity or rarity
- luxuryExpensive nonessential comfort
- confectionElaborate sweet preparation
- sweetmeatCandied fruit or confection
dessert · cake · chocolate · tiramisu · baklava · macaron · gelato · pastry
State of fulfilled desires
- fulfillmentState of achieved purpose
- serenityUndisturbed mental quietude
- tranquilityUndisturbed peacefulness
- peacefulnessState of quiet tranquility
comfort · ease · well-being · peace · repose · calm · quietude · placidity
happiness
Joyful emotional state
glee · enjoyment · bliss · jubilation · exuberance · euphoria · mirth · jollity · cheerfulness · buoyancy
ecstasy
Overwhelming intense delight
- raptureOverwhelming ecstatic feeling
- blissPerfect, serene felicity
- nirvanaRelease from cyclical existence
heaven · paradise · exaltation · sublimity · divine · spiritual · ethereal · numinous · epiphany · illumination
enchantment
Magical influence over someone
- captivationState of being fascinated
- fascinationIntense absorbed interest
- allureAttractive, tempting quality
appeal · beguilement · enticement · magnetism · charisma · winsomeness · sweetness · loveliness · attractiveness · grace
excitement
State of eager enthusiasm
- exhilarationIntense joyful excitement
- adrenalineEmergency response hormone
- surpriseUnexpected event causing astonishment
wonder · amazement · astonishment · spine-tingling · heart-pounding · gasp · shiver · breathtaking · awe · rush
indulgence
Yielding to desire
- delicacyRefined sensitivity or rarity
- luxuryExpensive nonessential comfort
- confectionElaborate sweet preparation
sweetmeat · dessert · cake · chocolate · tiramisu · baklava · macaron · gelato · pastry · bonbon
satisfaction
State of fulfilled desires
- fulfillmentState of achieved purpose
- serenityUndisturbed mental quietude
- tranquilityUndisturbed peacefulness
peacefulness · comfort · ease · well-being · peace · repose · calm · quietude · placidity · appreciation
- pleasurepleasure, enjoyment, gratification, contentment, satisfaction
- feelingsemotion, feeling, pleasure, joy, anger
- Customer Reactionssatisfaction, disappointment, complaint, praise, loyalty
- excitementexcitement, enthusiasm, eagerness, exhilaration, thrill
- joyhappiness, gladness, joyfulness, elation, bliss
- positive reactionssmile, laugh, cheer, applause, clapping
- Turkish delightChewy, powdered Middle Eastern sweet
- delight inTo enjoy thoroughly
- take delight inFeel joy regarding
- afternoon delightDaytime intimacy
- pure delight
- sheer delight
delightful, delighted, delights, delighting, delightfully, delightedly, delightfulness, delight in, delightsome