delighted

English

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈlaɪtɪd/
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Adjective

delighted (comparative more delighted, superlative most delighted)

Greatly pleased.
- 1957, “Jailhouse Rock”, Elvis Presley (music):
  Number forty-seven said to number three: / You're the cutest jailbird I ever did see. / I sure would be delighted with your company. / Come on and do the jailhouse rock with me.
Filled with wonder and delight.

Derived terms

Translations

Greatly pleased

Arabic: مَسْرُور (ar) (masrūr)
Catalan: encantat (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 歡喜／欢喜 (zh) (huānxǐ), 喜幸 (xǐxìng), 痛快 (zh) (tòngkuai), 欣喜 (zh) (xīnxǐ)
Cornish: pur lowen
Dutch: verrukt (nl)
Finnish: hyvillään (fi), ilahtunut (fi), iloinen (fi), mielissään
French: ravi (fr)
Galician: encantado
German: erfreut (de), hocherfreut (de)
Italian: entusiasta (it), onorato (it), orgoglioso (it)
Japanese: 喜ぶ (ja) (よろこぶ, yorokobu) (be delighted), 嬉しがる (うれしがる, ureshigaru) (be delighted)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: رازی (razî)
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Russian: ра́достный (ru) (rádostnyj), восто́рженный (ru) (vostóržennyj)
Spanish: encantado (es)
Thai: ยินดี (th) (yin-dii)
Turkish: memnun (tr), çok hoşnut
Welsh: wrth fodd

Filled with wonder and delight

Cornish: pur lowen
Finnish: hyvillään (fi), ilahtunut (fi), iloinen (fi), mielissään
French: ravi (fr)
Italian: incantato (it), contento (it), felice (it), deliziato (it), estasiato (it), soddisfatto (it)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: بەکەیف (bekeyf)
Ottoman Turkish: سرخوش (sarhoş)
Russian: восхищённый (ru) (vosxiščónnyj), восто́рженный (ru) (vostóržennyj)
Spanish: encantado (es)

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Translations to be checked

Ido: ^{(please verify)} joyoza (io)
Norman: ^{(please verify)} ravi (Jersey)

Verb

delighted

simple past and past participle of delight