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Syn. pleasure, delight, rapture.

 Watch Out! (1) It is a pleasure to be out of town after a week of hard work. But what joy and delight one feels if the day is warm and bright. (2) Since his early childhood Mozart showed great love for music; fine music filled him with rapture. These adjectives differ chiefly in the intensity of meaning: pleasure is the general term for satisfaction. Delight implies a high degree of pleasure. Rapture is the most intensive expression of delight; it is close in meaning to ecstasy.

delightful, a.
highly pleasing; giving great pleasure; charming ‘чарівний, прекрасний’.
e. g. "If they're so foolish as to miss the train, that's their loss, not ours." — "We're going to have a delightful time, without them." (Forster)
delighted, a.
greatly pleased; full of joy ‘захоплений’.

 Watch Out! 'Delighted’ is used colloquially in emotional speech to express pleasure. e. g. 1) Needless to say that she was delighted with the offer. (M. Twain) 2) ... we are delighted you should be here . (Forster)

delight, v. t. & i.
to be greatly pleased; to rejoice ("as, to delight in swimming) ‘захоплюватись, насолоджуватись;.давати насолоду’.
e. g. 1) I delight in fine pictures — I long to be able to paint such. (G. Eliot) 2) . your return will delight us all. (Dickens)
deny, v. t. & 1.
1. to declare untrue; to contradict ‘заперечувати, спростовувати’.
e. g. "She's here," Mrs. Baines said;"you can't deny she's here." (G. Greene)
2. a) to refuse to give (as, to deny someone aid, support, advice, etc.) ‘відмовити кому-небудь в чому-небудь’.
e.g. "Poor fellow!" said Nicholas, "your hard fate denies you any friend but one, and he is nearly as poor and helpless as yourself." (Dickens)
b) to refrain from (as, to deny oneself pleasure, comfort etc.) ‘відмовляти собі в чому-небудь’.
е. g. He denied himself the enjoyments that most boys indulge in. (J. London)
3. to refuse to acknowledge or recognize (as, to deny one's word, signature etc.) ‘відмовлятись, зрікатись, заперечувати’.
e.g. I shall never deny knowing a man from whom I have borrowed money.
(G. Greene)