Phrase Hound found 21 phrases and 17 compound words that contain delight. The most common are listed below. Open delight in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 21
- Turkish delightA soft, sticky confection made from starch and sugar with various flavourings.
- afternoon delightSexual intercourse or a sexual encounter had in the afternoon.
- Dame's DelightA secluded area in Oxford University Parks adjacent to the River Cherwell, used for female (clothed) bathing; closed in 1970.
- Heart's DelightA settlement in Borden parish and Tunstall parish, Swale borough, Kent, England, spelt Hearts Delight on OS maps (OS grid ref TQ8862).
- Idiot's DelightAny of various games of solitaire or patience.
- duping delightThe pleasure of being able to manipulate and/or deceive someone, often made visible and obvious to others by flashing a smile at an inappropriate moment; getting delight out of duping an unsuspecting person.
- Buddha's delightA dish in Chinese and Buddhist cuisine, consisting of vegetables and other vegetarian ingredients (sometimes with seafood or eggs) cooked with soy sauce.
- duper's delightSynonym of duping delight: The pleasure of being able to manipulate and/or deceive someone, often made visible and obvious to others by flashing a smile at an inappropriate moment; getting delight out of duping an unsuspecting person.
- queen's delightThe plant Stillingia sylvatica.
- traveler's delightSynonym of Price's potato-bean: Apios priceana, a species of flowering plant in the legume family characterized by a climbing yellow-green vine growing from a stout, potatolike tuber.
- Heart's Delight-IslingtonA town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
- Cupid's delightThe flowering plant Viola rafinesquei.
- gardener's delightrose campion (Silene coronaria, syn. Lychnis coronaria)
- take delight inTo enjoy.
- taken delight inpast participle of take delight in: To enjoy.
- takes delight inthird-person singular simple present indicative of take delight in: To enjoy.
- taking delight inpresent participle and gerund of take delight in
- took delight insimple past of take delight in
- lumps of delightTurkish delight
- devil's delightA riot; a row.
- whaler's delightSynonym of Murrumbidgee jam: A spread made from cold tea and brown sugar.
Compound words 17
- delightfulPleasant; pleasing, bringing enjoyment, satisfaction, or pleasure.
- delightlydelightedly; with delight
- undelightThe condition or feeling of lacking delight; unhappiness or displeasure.
- delightlessVoid of delight.
- delighterOne who takes delight in something.
- delightsomeCharacterised or marked by delight or delightfulness; very pleasing; delightful.
- delightestsecond-person singular simple present indicative of delight
- delightfullyIn a delightful manner.
- delightmentdelight
- delightfulnessThe state or quality of being delightful.