delighted

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈlaɪtɪd/

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Adjective

delighted (comparative more delighted, superlative most delighted)

1. 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.

2. Filled with wonder and delight.

   Synonyms: elated, joyous; see also Thesaurus:blissful

Derived terms

• delightedly
• delightedness
• overdelighted
• undelighted

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)
• Hindi: हर्षित (hi) (harṣit), प्रसन्न (hi) (prasann), मुदित (hi) (mudit)
• 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
• Esperanto: ĝojigita
• Finnish: hyvillään (fi), ilahtunut (fi), iloinen (fi), mielissään
• French: ravi (fr)
• Hindi: हर्षित (hi) (harṣit), मुदित (hi) (mudit), प्रसन्न (hi) (prasann)
• Italian: incantato (it), contento (it), felice (it), deliziato (it), estasiato (it), soddisfatto (it)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: بەکەیف (bekeyf)

• Russian: восхищённый (ru) (vosxiščónnyj), восто́рженный (ru) (vostóržennyj)
• Spanish: encantado (es)
• Turkish:

  Ottoman Turkish: سرخوش (sarhoş)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

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

Verb

delighted

1. simple past and past participle of delight