- 2. Pleasant, grateful, agreeable, charming, delightful, exquisite.
Delight, n. Joy, gladness, delectation, satisfaction, charm, gratification, rapture, transport, ravishment, ecstasy, great pleasure.
Delight, v. a. Enrapture, transport, ravish, enchant, charm, gratify, rejoice, please highly.
Delight, v. n. Take delight, have great pleasure, rejoice.
Delightful, a. Charming, enchanting, ravishing, very agreeable, highly pleasing, rapturous, enrapturing, transporting.
Delineate, v. a.
- 1. Design, sketch, figure, draw, represent by outlines.
- 2. Describe, portray, depict, picture, paint, set forth.
Delineation, n.
- 1. Sketch, design, outline, draught.
- 2. Description, account, portrayal.
Delinquency, n. Fault, misdeed, misdemeanor, offence, crime, failure in duty, neglect of duty.
Delinquent, a. Failing in duty, offending, negligent.
Delinquent, n. Offender, culprit, criminal, wrongdoer, misdoer, miscreant, malefactor.
Deliquesce, v. n. Melt (gradually), liquefy.
Deliquescent, a.
- 1. Liquefying, tending to melt or become liquid.
- 2. Vanishing, tending to disappear or go to waste.
Delirious, a. Insane (as in fevers), mad, deranged, demented, wandering, lightheaded, crazy, raving, frantic, frenzied.
Delirium, n. Wandering (as in fevers), incoherence, hallucination, derangement, insanity, frenzy, raving, madness, alienation of mind.
Delirium tremens. Mania a potu, the horrors.
Deliver, v. a.
- 1. Liberate, release, free, emancipate, set free, set at liberty.