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usually delight in [1] adore, dig, enjoy, fancy, groove, like, love, relish, revel—more at ENJOY

[2] content, gladden, gratify, please, rejoice, satisfy, suit, warm—more at PLEASE

de·light·ed adjective : highly pleased : GRATIFIED

— de·light·ed·ly adverb

Synonyms

blissful, glad, gratified, happy, joyful, pleased—more at GLAD

de·light·ful adjective : affording great pleasure and satisfaction

Synonyms

agreeable, congenial, delectable, delicious, dreamy, felicitous, good, grateful, gratifying, nice, palatable, pleasant, pleasurable, satisfying

amusing, diverting, enjoyable, entertaining, fun, pleasurable—more at FUN

de·light·ful·ly adverb : in a delightful manner

Synonyms

agreeably, favorably, felicitously, gloriously, nicely, pleasantly, pleasingly, satisfyingly, splendidly, well

de·lim·it verb : to mark the limits of

Synonyms

bound, circumscribe, define, demarcate, limit, mark, terminate—more at LIMIT

de·lin·eate verb -eat·ed; -eat·ing 1 : to mark the outline of : SKETCH

2 : to picture in words : DESCRIBE

Synonyms

[1] define, outline, silhouette, sketch, trace—more at OUTLINE

[2] depict, describe, draw, image, paint, picture, portray, sketch—more at DESCRIBE

de·lin·ea·tion noun 1 : the act of delineating

2 : something made by delineating

Synonyms

cartoon, drawing, sketch—more at DRAWING

depiction, description, picture, portrait, portrayal, sketch—more at DESCRIPTION

de·lin·quen·cy noun, plural -cies : the quality or state of being delinquent

Synonyms

default, dereliction, failure, neglect, negligence, oversight—more at FAILURE

1delinquent noun : a delinquent person

2delinquent adjective 1 : offending by neglect or violation of duty or of law

2 : being overdue in payment

Synonyms

behind, belated, late, overdue, tardy—more at LATE

del·i·quesce verb -quesced; -quesc·ing : to dissolve or melt away

— del·i·ques·cent adjective

Synonyms

flux, fuse, liquefy, melt, run, thaw—more at LIQUEFY

de·lir·i·ous adjective 1 : of, relating to, or characteristic of delirium

2 : affected with or marked by delirium

— de·lir·i·ous·ly adverb

Synonyms

feverish, fierce, frantic, frenetic, frenzied, furious, mad, rabid, violent, wild—more at FURIOUS

de·lir·i·um noun [ORIGIN: L, fr. delirare to be crazy, lit., to leave the furrow (in plowing), fr. de- from + lira furrow]

1 : mental disturbance marked by confusion, disordered speech, and hallucinations

2 : frenzied excitement

Synonyms

agitation, distraction, frenzy, furor, fury, hysteria, rage, rampage, uproar—more at FRENZY

delirium tre·mens noun : a violent delirium with tremors that is induced by excessive and prolonged use of alcoholic liquors

de·liv·er verb -ered; -er·ing 1 : to set free : rescue from actual or feared evil : SAVE

2 : to take and hand over to or leave for another : TRANSFER <~ a letter>

3 : to assist in giving birth or at the birth of; also : to give birth to

4 : UTTER, COMMUNICATE

5 : to send to an intended target or destination

6 : to produce the promised, desired, or expected results

— de·liv·er·able adjective

Synonyms

[1] rescue, save—more at SAVE

[2] commend, commit, consign, delegate, entrust, give, hand over, leave, pass, transfer, transmit, trust, turn over, vest—more at GIVE

[6] click, go over, pan out, succeed, work out—more at SUCCEED

de·liv·er·ance noun 1 : the act of delivering someone or something : the state of being delivered

2 : something delivered; especially : an opinion or decision (as the verdict of a jury) expressed publicly

Synonyms

conclusion, decision, determination, diagnosis, judgment, opinion, resolution, verdict—more at DECISION

de·liv·er·er noun : one that delivers

Synonyms

redeemer, rescuer, savior—more at SAVIOR

de·liv·ery noun, plural -er·ies : the act or manner of delivering something; also : something delivered

— de·liv·ery·man noun

Synonyms

discharge, quietus, quittance, release—more at RELEASE

childbirth, labor—more at CHILDBIRTH

dell noun : a small secluded valley

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