delight in
Take pleasure from
To delight in something is to take great pleasure from it: She delights in her grandchildren, He delights in proving people wrong.
The phrase suggests active enjoyment, not passive satisfaction—someone who delights in something seeks it out and savors it.
- luxuriatingEnjoying something extravagantly
- relishKeen pleasurable appreciation
- adoreLove intensely
- cherishValue with deep affection
- enjoyTake pleasure in
appreciate · have a ball · savor · treasure · bask · revel · get a kick out of · like · drink in · eat up · admire · love · get off on · lap up · embracing · go for · gleeful · live it up
degree of enjoyment
delight inendure
Suffer through without yielding
put up with · bear · suffer · grin and bear · stomach