delightful
adjective
Simple meaning
Pleasant; pleasing, bringing enjoyment, satisfaction.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
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IPA pronunciation (US)
dɪˈlaɪtfəl
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Definition
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adjective
Pleasant; pleasing, bringing enjoyment, satisfaction, or pleasure.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
This meaning: Pleasant; pleasing, bringing enjoyment, satisfaction, or pleasure.
Used this way, delightful is a reasonably familiar word with a clearly warm, approving pull. It carries more force than its gentler alternatives. It turns up most in personal or emotional discussion and literature or storytelling contexts.
- Emotional tone
- Positive
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Strong
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Warm and admiring
- Usage feel
- Everyday but emotionally strong
Where it naturally appears
- Personal/emotional discussion
- Literature/storytelling
Usage note
Delightful is emotionally heavy: it suggests deep or lasting feeling, not a passing mood, so it can overstate a small reaction.
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
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