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Collocations for delight - noun

1. feeling of great pleasure

ADJ.

deep, great, intense | absolute, utter | pure, sheer | mischievous, perverse | childish/childlike | endless | evident, obvious | mutual | aesthetic, sensual, spiritual
His mind was reeling with an almost aesthetic delight at the beauty of the thing.

VERB + DELIGHT

express | find, take
She took evident delight in frightening the children with horror stories.
give sb | scream with, squeal with, whoop with
Alice squealed with sheer delight when she saw the monkeys.
be greeted with
The news was greeted with great delight.

PREP.

in/with ~
We danced around with childish delight.
of ~
She gave a whoop of delight and dived into the water.
to your ~
To my great delight, they phoned and offered me the job.
~ at
He expressed his delight at seeing us all again.
~ in
I find a perverse delight in listening to traffic.

PHRASES

a cry/gasp/squeal of delight, much to sb''s delight
Much to the delight of the crowd, the band came back and did three encores.

2. sth that gives great pleasure

ADJ.

real | constant, continual
The baby was a constant delight and source of amazement.
unexpected | culinary, gastronomic

VERB + DELIGHT

explore, sample | enjoy, savour
Savour the culinary delights of Morocco.

PREP.

to
The old lady''s reminiscences were a continual delight to Constance.

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