joy: Salter shouted with joy.
happiness: I think mostly she was looking for happiness.
ecstasy: …a state of almost religious ecstasy.
bliss: It was a scene of such domestic bliss.
rapture: His speech was received with rapture by his supporters.
de|light|ed ◆◇◇ /d I la I t I d/
1 ADJ [usu v-link ADJ , oft ADJ to-inf] If you are delighted , you are extremely pleased and excited about something. □ I know Frank will be delighted to see you. □ [+ with ] He said that he was delighted with the public response. ● de|light|ed|ly ADV [ADV with v] □ 'There!' Jackson exclaimed delightedly.
2 ADJ [v-link ADJ , oft ADJ to-inf] If someone invites or asks you to do something, you can say that you would be delighted to do it, as a way of showing that you are very willing to do it. [FEELINGS ] □ 'You must come to Tinsley's graduation party.'—'I'd be delighted.' SYNONYMS delighted ADJ 1
thrilled: He's thrilled to bits at the news.
ecstatic: They were greeted by the cheers of an ecstatic crowd.
jubilant: …the jubilant crowds of Paris.
elated: I was elated that my second heart bypass had been successful.
over the moon: She was over the moon when she heard the news.
de|light|ful /d I la I tfʊl/ ADJ If you describe something or someone as delightful , you mean they are very pleasant. □ It was the most delightful garden I had ever seen. ● de|light|ful|ly ADV [ADV adj/-ed] □ …a delightfully refreshing cologne.
de|lim|it /d I l I m I t/ (delimits , delimiting , delimited ) VERB If you delimit something, you fix or establish its limits. [FORMAL ] □ [V n] This is not meant to delimit what approaches social researchers can adopt.
de|lin|eate /d I l I nie I t/ (delineates , delineating , delineated )
1 VERB If you delineate something such as an idea or situation, you describe it or define it, often in a lot of detail. [FORMAL ] □ [V n] Biography must to some extent delineate characters.
2 VERB If you delineate a border, you say exactly where it is going to be. [FORMAL ] □ [V n] …an agreement to delineate the border.
de|lin|quen|cy /d I l I ŋkwənsi/ (delinquencies )
1 N‑UNCOUNT Delinquency is criminal behaviour, especially that of young people. □ He had no history of delinquency.
2 → see also juvenile delinquency
de|lin|quent /d I l I ŋkwənt/ (delinquents )
1 ADJ Someone, usually a young person, who is delinquent repeatedly commits minor crimes. □ …remand homes for delinquent children. ● N‑COUNT Delinquent is also a noun. □ …a nine-year-old delinquent.
2 → see also juvenile delinquent
de|liri|ous /d I l I ə riəs/
1 ADJ [usu v-link ADJ ] Someone who is delirious is unable to think or speak in a sensible and reasonable way, usually because they are very ill and have a fever. □ I was delirious and blacked out several times.
2 ADJ Someone who is delirious is extremely excited and happy. □ I was delirious with joy. ● de|liri|ous|ly ADV [usu ADV adj, oft ADV after v] □ Dora returned from her honeymoon deliriously happy.
de|lir|ium /d I l I ə riəm/ N‑UNCOUNT If someone is suffering from delirium , they are not able to think or speak in a sensible and reasonable way because they are very ill and have a fever. □ In her delirium, she had fallen to the floor several times.
de|list /diː l I st/ (delists , delisting , delisted ) VERB If a company delists or if its shares are delisted , its shares are removed from the official list of shares that can be traded on the stock market. [BUSINESS ] □ [V n] The group asked the Stock Exchange to delist the shares of four of its companies. □ [be V -ed + from ] The shares dived and were delisted from the London market. [Also V ]
de|liv|er ◆◆◇ /d I l I və r / (delivers , delivering , delivered )
1 VERB If you deliver something somewhere, you take it there. □ [V n + to ] The Canadians plan to deliver more food to southern Somalia. □ [V n] The spy returned to deliver a second batch of classified documents. [Also V ]
2 VERB If you deliver something that you have promised to do, make, or produce, you do, make, or produce it. □ [V n] They have yet to show that they can really deliver working technologies. □ [V ] We don't promise what we can't deliver.
3 VERB If you deliver a person or thing into someone's care, you give them responsibility for that person or thing. [FORMAL ] □ [be V -ed + into/to ] Mrs Montgomery was delivered into Mr Hinchcliffe's care. □ [V n + into/to ] David delivered Holly gratefully into the woman's outstretched arms.
4 VERB If you deliver a lecture or speech, you give it in public. [FORMAL ] □ [V n] The president will deliver a speech about schools.
5 VERB When someone delivers a baby, they help the woman who is giving birth to the baby. □ [V n] Her husband had to deliver the baby himself.
6 VERB If someone delivers a blow to someone else, they hit them. [WRITTEN ] □ [be V -ed] Those blows to the head could have been delivered by a woman. [Also V n]