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delight

 
 
/dɪˈlaɪt/ verb [T]

Translation

to make someone feel very pleased and happy
keyiflendirmek, neşelendirmek, haz vermek
The new discovery has delighted scientists everywhere.9791452
delight in sth/doing sth phrasal verb
to get a lot of pleasure from something, especially something unpleasant
zevk/keyif/haz almak
She seems to delight in making him look stupid.979
(Definition of delight verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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