delight (redirected from delighting)

delight someone by something

to please someone with something; to please someone by doing something. (See also delight someone with something.) You delighted me by agreeing to join us. I was delighted by your proposal.

delight someone with something

to please someone with something, such as a gift. We delighted Alice with a gift of money. She was delighted with the gift.

delight in someone or something

to take great pleasure in someone or something. I delight in your interest in my work. We all delight in James. What a fine boy!

ravished with delight

Fig. happy or delighted; overcome with happiness or delight. Mary was ravished with delight by the dozen roses. My parents were ravished with delight when I graduated from college.

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be in a transport of delight/joy  (literary)

to feel extremely happy or pleased I looked up to the heavens and praised God, in a transport of delight.

See also: transport