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.

joyful

elated

Intensely, buoyantly pleased

ecstatic · rapturous · blissful · euphoric · exhilarated · beaming · radiant · gleeful · exuberant · buoyant

pleased

pleased

Feeling satisfaction or joy

  • happyFeeling pleasure or contentment
  • gladPleased or willing
  • satisfiedHaving enough, wanting nothing

gratified · content · tickled · chuffed · made up · well-pleased · gladdened · charmed · enchanted · captivated

amused

entertained

Provided amusement to

absorbed · engrossed · riveted · enjoying · relishing · savoring · laughing · smiling · grinning · mirthful

charmed

enchanted

Under magical influence

fascinated · entranced · spellbound · bewitched · mesmerized · smitten · enamored · taken with · attracted · allured

grateful

thankful

Feeling gratitude expressed

blessed · honored · humbled · indebted · obliged · overwhelmed · stirred · affected · grateful · warm

Categories
Opposites
emotional state

delightedmiserable

Wretchedly unhappy, dejected

wretched · dismayed · disappointed · displeased · despondent

Phrases
Family

delight, delightful, delights, delighting, delightfully, delightedly, delightfulness, delight in

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G