delight :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

n. a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause); "they were imbued with a revolutionary ardor"; "he felt a kind of religious zeal"

liking

n. a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment; "I've always had a liking for reading"; "she developed a liking for gin"

elation, high spirits, lightness

n. a feeling of joy and pride

rejoicing

n. a feeling of great happiness

happiness, felicity

n. state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy

joy, joyousness, joyfulness

n. the emotion of great happiness

consume, ingest, take in, take, have

v. serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"

absorb, engross, engage, occupy

v. consume all of one's attention or time; "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely"

capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant

v. attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts"

fascinate, transfix, grip, spellbind

v. to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe; "The snake charmer fascinates the cobra"

infatuate

v. arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way; "His new car has infatuated him"; "love has infatuated her"

steep, immerse, engulf, plunge, engross, absorb, soak up

v. devote (oneself) fully to; "He immersed himself into his studies"

hypnotize, hypnotise, mesmerize, mesmerise

v. induce hypnosis in

elate, lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicate

v. fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; "Music can uplift your spirits"

overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake

v. overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

thrill, tickle, vibrate

v. feel sudden intense sensation or emotion; "he was thrilled by the speed and the roar of the engine"

exalt

v. raise in rank, character, or status; "exalted the humble shoemaker to the rank of King's adviser"

abuse

v. use wrongly or improperly or excessively; "Her husband often abuses alcohol"; "while she was pregnant, she abused drugs"

Synonyms (1)

please

v. give satisfaction; "The waiters around her aim to please"

Antonyms (5)

disenchant, disillusion

v. free from enchantment

disappoint, let down

v. fail to meet the hopes or expectations of; "Her boyfriend let her down when he did not propose marriage"

displease

v. give displeasure to

ungrateful > short > every bit as > abruptly pinnate > unhealthy > very much > alive > delight

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