delighted
Full of joy
Delighted means highly pleased or filled with joy.
It's stronger than merely glad but carries a lighter, more spontaneous quality than overjoyed: I'm delighted to meet you, She was delighted by the surprise.
The word appears frequently in polite expressions of pleasure: We'd be delighted to have you.
Intensely, buoyantly pleased
- overjoyedExtremely pleased, intensely glad
- jubilantExtremely happy, triumphant
- thrilledOverjoyed beyond measure
- ecstaticOverwhelmed with joy
rapturous · blissful · euphoric · exhilarated · beaming · radiant · gleeful · exuberant
Feeling satisfaction or joy
- happyFeeling pleasure or contentment
- gladPleased or willing
- satisfiedHaving enough, wanting nothing
- gratifiedMade content or pleased
content · tickled · chuffed · made up · well-pleased · gladdened · charmed · enchanted
Provided amusement to
- tickledTouched to cause laughter
- divertedTurned from original path
- engagedPledged to marry
- absorbedTook in fully
engrossed · riveted · enjoying · relishing · savoring · laughing · smiling · grinning
Under magical influence
- captivatedWholly absorbed by something
- beguiledDeceived through charm
- enthralledDeeply fascinated, held rapt
- fascinatedIntensely absorbed and curious
entranced · spellbound · bewitched · mesmerized · smitten · enamored · taken with · attracted
elated
Intensely, buoyantly pleased
- overjoyedExtremely pleased, intensely glad
- jubilantExtremely happy, triumphant
- thrilledOverjoyed beyond measure
ecstatic · rapturous · blissful · euphoric · exhilarated · beaming · radiant · gleeful · exuberant · buoyant
pleased
Feeling satisfaction or joy
gratified · content · tickled · chuffed · made up · well-pleased · gladdened · charmed · enchanted · captivated
entertained
Provided amusement to
absorbed · engrossed · riveted · enjoying · relishing · savoring · laughing · smiling · grinning · mirthful
enchanted
Under magical influence
- captivatedWholly absorbed by something
- beguiledDeceived through charm
- enthralledDeeply fascinated, held rapt
fascinated · entranced · spellbound · bewitched · mesmerized · smitten · enamored · taken with · attracted · allured
thankful
Feeling gratitude expressed
- appreciativeFeeling or showing gratitude
- touchedAffected emotionally or physically
- movedChanged location or felt
blessed · honored · humbled · indebted · obliged · overwhelmed · stirred · affected · grateful · warm
- with pleasuregladly, willingly, happily, cheerfully, readily
- emotionsjoy, anger, fear, sadness, love
- Pleasantriesplease, thank you, thanks, sorry, excuse me
- greetingshi, hello, hey, hola, aloha
- polite phrasesplease, thank you, yes sir, hello, no sir
- Salutationsgreetings, hello, good morning, good afternoon, good evening
delightedmiserable
Wretchedly unhappy, dejected
wretched · dismayed · disappointed · displeased · despondent
- Turkish delightChewy, powdered Middle Eastern sweet
- delight inTo enjoy thoroughly
- take delight inFeel joy regarding
- afternoon delightDaytime intimacy
- pure delight
- sheer delight
delight, delightful, delights, delighting, delightfully, delightedly, delightfulness, delight in