delight in sth/doing sth
— Phrasal Verb with delight /dɪˈlaɪt/ verb [T]Definition
› to get a lot of pleasure from something, especially something unpleasant: She seems to delight in making him look stupid.
(Definition of delight in sth/doing sth from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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