Synonyms of delighted

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adjective

di-ˈlī-təd 

as in pleased

experiencing pleasure, satisfaction, or delight

we're delighted to meet you finally!

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pleased
• glad
• thankful
• satisfied
• happy
• gratified
• joyful
• thrilled
• joyous
• chuffed
• blissful
• cheerful
• tickled
• ecstatic
• hopeful
• smiling
• laughing
• merry
• gleeful
• cheery
• enraptured
• lighthearted
• jovial
• jolly
• buoyant
• optimistic
• upbeat
• elated
• mirthful
• jubilant
• rapturous
• euphoric
• exuberant
• exultant
• beatific
• exhilarated
• intoxicated
• blithe
• sunny
• beaming
• gladsome
• rhapsodic
• rapt
• blithesome
• jocund
• rejoicing
• entranced
• gay
• rosy
• sanguine

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unhappy
• sad
• displeased
• dissatisfied
• unsatisfied
• aggrieved
• joyless
• depressed
• disheartened
• blue
• anguished
• dejected
• disconsolate
• downcast
• abject
• despondent
• melancholy
• forlorn
• sorry
• unpleased
• brokenhearted
• sorrowful
• mournful
• woeful
• doleful
• plaintive
• downhearted
• heartbroken
• dispirited
• miserable
• black
• gloomy
• lachrymose
• grieved
• dark
• gray
• dolorous
• glum
• heartsick
• wretched
• desolate
• woebegone

delighted

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verb

past tense of delight

1

as in joyed

to feel or express joy or triumph

I delighted at the sight of my old schoolyard tormentor standing behind the fast-food counter, asking customers if they wanted fries

Synonyms & Similar Words

• joyed
• triumphed
• gloried
• bragged
• exulted
• rejoiced
• jubilated
• crowed
• kvelled
• exuberated
• boasted
• gloated
• swelled
• paraded
• preened
• kicked up one's heels
• flaunted
• strutted
• swaggered
• showed off

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• regretted
• wept
• grieved
• lamented
• bemoaned
• bewailed

2

as in satisfied

to give satisfaction to

the news that you had won the Pulitzer delighted us beyond words

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pleased
• satisfied
• thrilled
• warmed
• gratified
• amused
• feasted
• gladdened
• contented
• tickled
• agreed (with)
• rejoiced
• entertained
• suited
• pleasured
• excited
• appeased
• soothed
• gladded
• gassed
• comforted
• charmed
• placated
• captivated
• titillated
• satiated
• calmed
• mollified
• pacified
• sated
• quenched
• treated
• assuaged
• humored
• galvanized
• diverted
• pampered
• catered (to)
• indulged
• spoiled
• coddled
• mollycoddled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• displeased
• annoyed
• bothered
• got
• irritated
• vexed
• aggravated
• crossed
• perturbed
• outraged
• exasperated
• infuriated
• enraged
• angered
• put out
• incensed
• piqued
• ruffled
• provoked
• upset
• grated
• disturbed
• roused
• irked
• chafed
• maddened
• inflamed
• peeved
• agitated
• distressed
• bugged
• nettled
• galled
• riled
• offended
• harassed
• insulted
• rankled
• fretted
• harried
• steamed up
• roiled
• pestered
• affronted

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of delighted

Adjective

Regardless, Guidry is delighted that their names keep getting mentioned side by side. — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 24 Sep. 2026

At a screening in Los Angeles, Oakley was delighted to see younger members of the audience cheering when Willoughby gets his comeuppance and when Elinor and Edward finally kiss. — Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026

Verb

She was delighted by the story and assured me that had Bernard seen Eddie decapitate his work for a laugh, he would have been doubled over alongside my father. — Jesse McLaren, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026

That opening-day land in Disney’s Animal Kingdom delighted families for 28 years, but officially closed in February 2026 to make way for an entirely new Tropical Americas land. — Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026