Delight

n.	1.	A high degree of gratification of mind; a high- wrought state of pleasurable feeling; lively pleasure; extreme satisfaction; joy. Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not. - Shak. A fool hath no delight in understanding. - Prov. xviii. 2.
	2.	That which gives great pleasure or delight. Heaven's last, best gift, my ever new delight. - Milton.
	3.	Licentious pleasure; lust.
v. t.	1.	To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly; as, a beautiful landscape delights the eye; harmony delights the ear. [imp. & p. p. Delighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Delighting.] Inventions to delight the taste. - Shak. Delight our souls with talk of knightly deeds. - Tennyson.
v. i.	1.	To have or take great delight or pleasure; to be greatly pleased or rejoiced; - followed by an infinitive, or by in. Love delights in praises. - Shak. I delight to do thy will, O my God. - Ps. xl. 8.

Noun	1.	delight - a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction; "his delight to see her was obvious to all" Synonyms: delectation
	2.	delight - something or someone that provides pleasure; a source of happiness; "a joy to behold"; "the pleasure of his company"; "the new car is a delight" Synonyms: joy, pleasure
Verb	1.	delight - give pleasure to or be pleasing to; "These colors please the senses"; "a pleasing sensation" Synonyms: please
	2.	delight - take delight in; "he delights in his granddaughter" Synonyms: revel, enjoy
	3.	delight - hold spellbound Synonyms: enchant, enrapture, enthral, enthrall, ravish, transport

To dream that you are experiencing delight, signifies a favourable and positive turn of events and much pleasantness.a thing for, adore, affinity, allure, amuse, appreciate, aptitude, aptness, attract, be in heaven, be pleased, beam, beatification, beatitude, becharm, beguile, bent, bewitch, bewitchment, bias, blessedness, blissfulness, caper, captivate, caracole, carol, carry away, cast, charm, cheer, cheerfulness, chirp, chirrup, clap hands, cloud nine, conatus, conduciveness, contentment, convulse, crow, crow over, dance, delectate, delectation, delight in, diathesis, die with delight, disposition, divert, eagerness, ecstatics, elation, enchant, enchantment, enjoy, enjoyment, enliven, enrapture, enravish, entertain, enthrall, entrance, exaltation, excite, exhilarate, exhilaration, exuberance, exult, fascinate, feel happy, feeling for, felicity, fracture one, freak out, frisk, frolic, fruition, gaiety, gambol, gladden, glee, gloat, gloat over, glory, glory in, go into raptures, gratification, gratify, happify, heaven, high spirits, hilarity, imparadise, inclination, intoxication, jollity, joyance, joyfulness, jubilate, kill, knock dead, knock out, laugh, leaning, liability, like, liking, lilt, loosen up, love, mirth, overhappiness, overjoyfulness, paradise, penchant, please, predilection, predisposition, prejudice, probability, proclivity, proneness, propensity, purr, raise a laugh, raise a smile, rapture, ravish, ravishment, readiness, recreate, refresh, regale, rejoice, relax, relish, revel, revel in, rollick, romp, satisfaction, satisfy, savor, send, sensitivity to, seventh heaven, sing, skip, skip for joy, slay, smile, soft spot, solace, sunshine, susceptibility, take great satisfaction, tendency, thrill, tickle, tickle pink, titillate, transport, tread on air, triumph, tropism, turn, twist, unalloyed happiness, warp, weakness, whistle, willingness, wow

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