delighted

UK/dɪˈlaɪtɪd/

adjectiveB2Very common — you will meet it every day · #2,071 of 15,258leans spoken

Delighted means very, very pleased. Delighted to meet you, absolutely delighted, delighted with the result.

The prepositions are with for a thing, by for a cause and to plus a verb: delighted to help. Delighted to is a very common polite formula in business correspondence, where it means willing rather than joyful. Note delightful, which describes the thing rather than the person; delight, both noun and verb; and that delighted is one of the strongest ordinary words of pleasure and is used with almost no restraint at all.

Definitions of delighted

1adjectivedelightedVery pleased.B2
“She was delighted with a result nobody else thought much of.”
synonyms: thrilled, overjoyed

delighted is a state of pleasure.

Also accepted in games: thrilled

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delighted in the wild

Scientists were delighted to see branched channels in pictures taken with spacecraft that were sent in orbit around Mars.
Huygens (crater)
After the competition, the winner, Ulrich Salchow, delighted with Syers, presented her with the gold medal he had just won.
1902 World Figure Skating Championships
Who delighted to serve his fellowmen, his city state and nation.
Erastus B. Wolcott (statue)
With what delighted pride she afterwards visited Mrs. Bingley, and talked of Mrs. Darcy, may be guessed.
Pride and Prejudice· Jane Austen

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