delighted
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de·light·ed
(dĭ-lī′tĭd)adj.
1. Filled with delight.
2. Obsolete Delightful.
de·light′ed·ly adv.
de·light′ed·ness n.
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delighted
(dɪˈlaɪtɪd)adj
(often foll by an infinitive) extremely pleased (to do something): I'm delighted to hear it!.
sentence substitute
I should be delighted to!
deˈlightedly adv
deˈlightedness n
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de•light•ed
(dɪˈlaɪ tɪd)adj.
1. highly pleased.
2. Obs. delightful.
[1595–1605]
de•light′ed•ly, adv.
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delighted
delightful1. 'delighted'
If you are delighted, you are very pleased and excited about something.
He was delighted with his achievement.
He was delighted to meet them again.
You do not use words such as 'very' or 'extremely' in front of delighted. If you want to say that someone is extremely pleased and excited, you can say that they are absolutely delighted.
They were absolutely delighted with François from the start.
You do not use words such as 'fairly', 'quite', or 'almost' in front of delighted.
2. 'delightful'
Do not confuse delighted with delightful. If you say that someone or something is delightful, you mean that they are very pleasant and attractive.
Her children really are delightful.
...a delightful room.
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Adj. | 1. | delighted - greatly pleased pleased - experiencing or manifesting pleasure |
2. | delighted - filled with wonder and delight enchanted - influenced as by charms or incantations |
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delighted
adjective pleased, happy, charmed, thrilled, enchanted, ecstatic, captivated, jubilant, joyous, elated, over the moon (informal), overjoyed, rapt, gladdened, cock-a-hoop, blissed out, in seventh heaven, sent He was delighted with the public response.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
delighted
adjectiveThe American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
nadšený
fornøjet
iloinen
razdragan
大喜びの
아주 기뻐하는
glad
รู้สึกชื่นชมยินดี
vui sướng
delighted
[dɪˈlaɪtɪd] ADJ delighted! → ¡encantado!I'd be delighted → con (mucho) gusto
to be delighted at or with sth → estar encantado con algo
we are delighted with it → estamos encantados con ello
(I'm) delighted to meet you → (estoy) encantado de conocerlo, mucho gusto de conocerlo
I was delighted to hear the news → me alegró mucho recibir la noticia
we shall be delighted to come → estaremos encantados de ir
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
delighted
[dɪˈlaɪtɪd] adj (= very pleased) [person] → enchanté(e), ravi(e)I'd be delighted → j'en serais enchanté(e), j'en serais ravi(e)
to be delighted that ... → être enchanté(e) que ..., être ravi(e) que ...
to be delighted with sth → être ravi(e) de qch
to be delighted to do sth → être enchanté(e) de faire qch, être ravi(e) de faire qch
He'll be delighted to see you → Il sera ravi de vous voir.
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
delighted
adj (→ über +acc) → erfreut, entzückt; to be delighted → sich sehr freuen (→ at über +acc, → that dass); absolutely delighted → hocherfreut, ganz entzückt; delighted to meet you! → sehr angenehm!; we will be delighted to accept (your invitation) → wir nehmen Ihre Einladung gern an; I’d be delighted to help you → ich würde Ihnen sehr gern helfen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
delighted
[dɪˈlaɪtɪd] adj delighted (with sb/sth) → contentissimo/a (di qn/qc), felice (di qn/qc)delighted at sth → contentissimo/a di qc, felice di qc
to be delighted to do sth/that → essere felice di fare qc/che + sub
I'd be delighted → con grande piacere
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
delighted
→ مَسْرُور nadšený fornøjet entzückt ενθουσιασμένος encantado iloinen enchanté razdragan lieto 大喜びの 아주 기뻐하는 verrukt lykkelig zachwycony encantado восхищенный glad รู้สึกชื่นชมยินดี hoşnut vui sướng 高兴的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
delighted
a. encantado-a;
v.
to be ___ → tener mucho gusto.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
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