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Definitions: Delighted |
DelightedAdjective1. Greatly pleased. 2. Filled with wonder and delight. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "delighted" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Synonyms: DelightedSynonyms: beguiled (adj), captivated (adj), charmed (adj), enthralled (adj), entranced (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Rejoicing | Adjective: rejoicing; Verb: jubilant, exultant, triumphant; flushed, elated, pleased, delighted, tickled pink. |
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Crosswords: Delighted |
| English words defined with "delighted": admiration ♦ esteem ♦ Fawe ♦ Glad on 't ♦ Overdelighted ♦ secretly. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "delighted": Aliris ♦ Chuffed, Come to the Heath ♦ DEE-LIGHTED, Delight ♦ Hectors ♦ JESTER ♦ Pleased as Punch ♦ saint, Sardinian Laugh, SON. (references) |
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Screenplays | You don't know how delighted I am to meet you. (Roman Holiday; writing credit: Ian McLellan Hunter) My dear lady, I should be delighted to get behind you with a pencil. (Three Coins in the Fountain; writing credit: John H. Secondari; John Patrick) I'm delighted to meet you. We have an important mission in Bogota. (Charme discret de la bourgeoisie, Le; writing credit: Luis Buuel; Jean-Claude Carrière) I can't tell you how delighted we are to have you here. (To Be or Not to Be; writing credit: Melchior Lengyel; Edwin Justus Mayer) Ok, the way I see it, if we were an old couple, dated for years, graduated, away from all these scholastic complications, and I reached over and kissed you, you wouldn't say a word, you'd be delighted, probably, but if I was to do that now it'd be quite forward, and if I did it the first time we ever met you probably would hit me. (Kicking and Screaming; writing credit: Noah Baumbach; Oliver Berkman) | |
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 | News note: President Coolidge is so delighted with his vacation that he acts like a school boy.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | I will be delighted.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. These skilled hands belong to sixty-five-year-old Herman Jagow, whose wood carving skill delighted thousands of children riding the horses of merry-go-rounds. Here he is finishing up some carvings. Jagow spends most of hi.Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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 | Uninhibited; laughing; hysterical; beside oneself; carried away; corybantic; crazy; delighted; drunk; ecstatic; enthused; frenetic; frenzied; happy; intoxicated; mad; overexcited; overwrought; rabid; rapturous; thrilled; transported; wild. | | Applaud; clap; clamor; fuss; encore; delighted; impressed. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Arthur Rimbaud | The Sun, the hearth of affection and life, pours burning love on the delighted earth. |
Francis Bacon | Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god. |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | He was quite delighted. |
Alice in Wonderland | Carroll, Lewis | So she swallowed one of the cakes, and was delighted to find that she began shrinking directly. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | This hubbub delighted the young girls. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Tears of joy and relief shone in his delighted eyes and his lips parted though they would not speak. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | Her Majesty and those who attended her were beyond measure delighted with my demeanor. |
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | SAINT, n. A dead sinner revised and edited. The Duchess of Orleans relates that the irreverent old calumniator, Marshal Villeroi, who in his youth had known St. Francis de Sales, said, on hearing him called saint: "I am delighted to hear that Monsieur de Sales is a saint. He was fond of saying indelicate things, and used to cheat at cards. In other respects he was a perfect gentleman, though a fool." |
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Art Linkletter | He'd be a little surprised at some of it. But it's beautiful what's out there. In fact, they got a new show down at Adventure Land called Aladin that he would be delighted with. It's one of the best shows I've ever seen. |
Julia Child | If I'm perfectly at ease with what I've done, I'm delighted, and if I'm not very much at ease, then I'm nervous a bit. |
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| "Delighted" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 69.36% of the time. "Delighted" is used about 1,721 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 69.36% | 1,194 | 6,483 |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 22.98% | 396 | 14,082 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 7.2% | 124 | 28,785 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.46% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,721 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "delighted": be delighted ♦ be delighted with smb. ♦ i shall be delighted ♦ i shall be delighted to. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "delighted": self-delighted. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
delighted | 6 |
delighted feel had i parent second stop tell told ut warm wow | 3 |
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| Language | Translations for "delighted"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | admirohem me (be delighted). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مسرور جدا, مسرور (cheerful, glad, happy, jolly, joyful, merry, pleased), مبتهج (alacrity, blithe, breezy, bright, buoyant, carefree, cheerful, cheery, debonair, delightful, elate, elated, exultant, gay, glad, gleeful, happy, high-spirited, jolly, joyful, joyous, jubilant, mellow, merry, mirthful, overjoyed, palmy, rejoicing, upbeat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | очарован съм (be delighted). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 欢欣 (Delight, Delighting), 愉快 (cheerful, cheerily, delightful, happy, pleasant, pleasantly, pleasing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | potìšen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | verrukt. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | raviĝinta. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | iloinen (cheerful, gay, merry, pleased), hyvilleen (pleased), hyvillään (pleased). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | ravis, enchanté. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | erfreut (delights, glad, gladdened, gladdens, pleased, pleases, regales, regally), entzückte (charmed, enraptured, raptured, rapturously, ravished), entzückt (delightedly, delightful, enraptures, rapt, raptly, rapturous, ravishes, thrilled, to be in raptures (about). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ευχαριστημένοσ (complacent, content, contented, glad, pleased). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | שמח (cheerful, gay, glad, gleeful, gleesome, happy, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, merry, pleased), שבע רצון (content, pleased, satisfied), " " (amused, beneficiary, enjoyer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | felvidult, elragadtatva. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | lietissimo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 喜ぶ (to be delighted, to be glad). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | よろ"ぶ (to be delighted, to be glad). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 기뻐하". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | taitnyssit. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | elightedday satisfeito (content, contented, full, gay, glad, gleet, happy, pleased, pleased to meet you, replete, satisfied), encantado (captive, rapt). (various references) fermecat (bewitched, charmed, ecstatic, elf-struck, enchanted, fascinated, magic, magical, spellbound, wonder struck), bucuros (beatific, beatifical, cheerful, content, exhilarated, fain, gay, glad, gladly, gratified, lief, merry, mirthful, pleased, readily, thankful, willingly, with a good grace), încântat (happy, kindly, wonder struck). (various references) приводить в восторг/ восхищенный. (various references) sòlach (highly delighted). (various references) ushićen (bubbly, ecstatic, elate, elated, jubilant, overjoyed, rapt, rapturous, thrilled). (various references) encantado (bewitched, charmed, darling, enraptures, haunted, incanted, rapturous, ravishes). (various references) glad (bonny, bright, canty, cheerful, cheery, Chirk, chirpy, debonair, gay, glad, gladsome, gleeful, gleesome, happy, high, hilarious, jocund, jolly, joyful, joyous, merry, pleased), förtjust (charmed, pleasant). (various references) mutlu (blissful, blithe, chuffed, contented, elated, felicitous, happy, merry, palmy, rejoicing), memnun (chuffed, content, glad, gladsome, grateful, gratified, happy, pleased, rejoiced at, satisfied), keyifli (blissful, bucked, cheerful, cheerfully, cheery, cosy, elevated, fit as a fiddle, gay, in a good mood, jolly, jovial, merry, pleasant, pleased, rejoicing, up), hoşnut (content, contented, glad, gratified, pleased, rejoiced at, satisfied). (various references) захоплений (absorbed, admiring, boffo, busy in, captive, captured, enthusiastic, enthusiastical, infatuated, obsessed, rapt, rapturous), зачарований (captive, enchanted, pixy-led, spellbound). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Isaiah Chapter 66, Verse 11 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Ina qhlashte kai emplhsqhte apo mastou paraklhsewV authV ina ekqhlasanteV trufhshte apo eisodou doxhV authV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Ut sugatis et repleamini ab ubere consolationis eius ut mulgeatis et deliciis affluatis ab omnimoda gloria eius |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | That and yee souke, and be fulfild of the tetes of his coumforting, that yee mylke, and with delices flowen, of alle maner glorie of hym. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may draw milk, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | So that you may take of the comfort flowing from her breasts, and be delighted with the full measure of her glory. |
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| Language | Isaiah Chapter 66, Verse 11 |
| Bulgarian | За да сучите и се наситите От съсците на утешенията й. За да се насучите и се насладите От изобилието на славата й. |
| Cebuano | Aron kamo makasuso ug mabusog tungod sa mga dughan sa iyang mga pagkalipay; aron kamo magapagatas, ug mahimuot sa kadagaya sa iyang himaya. |
| Chinese | 使 們 在 他 安 慰 的 懷 中 喫 奶 得 飽 ． 使 他 們 得 他 豐 盛 的 榮 耀 、 猶 如 " 奶 、 滿 心 喜 樂 。 |
| Croatian | Nadojite se i nasitite na dojkama utjehe njegove da se nasišete i nasladite na grudima krepèine njegove. |
| Danish | for at I må die dets husvalende Barm og mættes, for at I må drikke af dets fulde Bryst og kvæges. |
| Dutch | Opdat gij moogt zuigen, en verzadigd worden van de borsten harer vertroostingen; opdat gij moogt uitzuigen, en u verlusten met den glans harer heerlijkheid. |
| Finnish | että imisitte ja tulisitte ravituiksi hänen lohdutuksensa rinnoista, että joisitte ja virkistyisitte hänen kunniansa runsaudesta. |
| French | Afin que vous soyez nourris et rassasiés Du lait de ses consolations, Afin que vous savouriez avec bonheur La plénitude de sa gloire. |
| German | Denn dafür sollt ihr saugen und satt werden von den Brüsten ihres Trostes; ihr sollt dafür saugen und euch ergötzen an der Fülle ihrer Herrlichkeit. |
| Haitian Creole | Tankou yon ti bebe k'ap tete manman l' jouk vant li plen, tankou yon ti bebe k'ap kontan souse lèt manman l', nou pral jwenn pa nou nan bèl bagay m'ap fè pou lavil Jerizalèm. |
| Hungarian | Hogy szopjatok és megelégedjetek megvígasztaltatásának emlõjén, hogy igyatok és örvendjetek dicsõségének bõségén. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Kamu akan menikmati kemakmurannya, seperti seorang anak menyusu pada ibunya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Supaya boleh kamu mengisap susu penghiburannya sampai kenyang-kenyang, dan supaya kamu disedapkan sampai puas-puas dengan mengisap pancaran kemuliaannya. |
| Italian | Così succhierete al suo petto e vi sazierete delle sue consolazioni; succhierete, deliziandovi, all'abbondanza del suo seno. |
| Korean | 너 희 가 을 " 것 같 이 그 위 로 하 " ' 에 서 만 족 하 을 넉 넉 히 빤 것 같 이 그 영 광 의 ' 성 함 을 인 하 여 즐 거 워 하 리 라 |
| Maori | He mea hoki ka ngote koutou, a ka makona i te u, ara i ana whakamarie, he mea hoki ka whakatete koutou, a ka ora te ngakau i te nui o tona kororia. |
| Modern Greek | δια να θηλασητε και να χορτασθητε απο των μαστων των παρηγοριων αυτης· δια να εκθηλασητε και να εντρυφησητε εις την αφθονιαν της δοξης αυτης. |
| Norwegian | Så skal I få die og mettes av hennes husvalende bryst, suge og glede eder ved hennes store herlighet. |
| Portuguese | para que mameis e vos farteis dos peitos das suas consolações; para que sugueis, e vos deleiteis com a abundância da sua glória. |
| Rumanian | ca sq fiyi sqturayi, bknd laptele mkngkierilor lui, ca sq vq desfqtayi kn totul de plinqtatea slavei lui. |
| Russian | ЮФП'Щ ЧБН ЙФБФШУС Й ОБУЩЭБФШУС ПФ УПУ"ПЧ ХФЕЫЕОЙК ЕЗП, Х ЙЧБФШУС Й ОБУМБЦ"БФШУС ТЕЙЪ'ЩФЛПН УМБЧЩ ЕЗП. |
| Spanish | para que maméis y os saciéis de los pechos de sus consolaciones, para que chupéis y os deleitéis a seno lleno." |
| Swedish | Så skolen I få dia eder mätta vid hennes hugsvalelses bröst; så skolen I få suga med lust av hennes rika barm. |
| Thai | เพื่อเจ้าจะไ"้"ู"และอิ่มใจ"้วยอกอันประเล้าประโลมของเธอ เพื่อเจ้าจะไ"้"ื่มให้เกลี้ยง "้วยความปีติยิน"ี จากสง่าราศีอันอุ"มของเธอ |
| Ukrainian | Щоб ви ссали й наситилися з перс потіхи його, щоб ви ссали та розкошували із перс його слави! |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "delighted": delightedly, delightedness, delightednesses. (additional references) | |
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"Delighted" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: belighted, delighten, delighteth, delited, deloghted, desloughed, relighted, resighted. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "delighted" (pronounced dulī"tud) |
| 5 | -l ī" t u d | blighted, lighted, slighted. |
| 4 | -ī" t u d | benighted, cited, disinvited, excited, ignited, incited, indicted, indited, invited, knighted, overexcited, recited, reignited, reinvited, reunited, righted, shortsighted, sighted, sited, unindicted, uninvited, United, unrequited, whited. |
| 3 | -t u d | abated, abbreviated, abdicated, abducted, abetted, aborted, abrogated, abstracted, abutted, accelerated, accented, accentuated, accepted, acclimated, accommodated, accosted, accounted, accredited, accumulated, acquainted, acquitted, acted, activated, adapted, addicted, adjudicated, adjusted, admitted, adopted, adulterated, advocated, affected, affiliated, afflicted, affronted, aggravated, aggregated, agitated, airlifted, alerted, alienated, alleviated, allocated, allotted, alternated, amalgamated, ameliorated, amounted, amputated, angulated, animated, annihilated, annotated, anted, anticipated, antiquated, appointed, appreciated, appropriated, approximated, arbitrated, arrested, articulated, aspirated, assassinated, assaulted, asserted, assimilated, assisted, associated, assorted, attempted, attenuated, attested, attracted, attributed, audited, augmented, authenticated, automated, averted, awaited, backdated, baited, bankrupted, bated, batted, belated, belted, benefited, benefitted, berated, bested, bifurcated, bigoted, blacklisted, blanketed, blasted, bloated, blunted, blurted, boasted, boated, bolted, boosted, booted, boycotted, breasted, budgeted, busted, caffeinated, calculated, calibrated, capitulated, captivated, carbonated, carbureted, carotid, carpeted, carted, castigated, castrated, catapulted, celebrated, cemented, chanted, charted, chatted, cheated, chested, chlorinated, circuited, circulated, circumvented, closeted, clotted, coasted, coated, coexisted, collaborated, collected, comforted, commemorated, commented, committed, communicated, commuted, compacted, compensated, competed, complemented, completed, complicated, complimented, computed, conceited, concentrated, concerted, concocted, conducted, confiscated, conflicted, confronted, congested, congratulated, congregated, conjugated, connected, conscripted, consecrated, consented, consisted, consolidated, constipated, constituted, constricted, constructed, consulted, consummated, contacted, contaminated, contemplated, contented, contested, contorted, contracted, contradicted, contrasted, contributed, converted, convicted, convoluted, cooperated, coordinated, copyrighted, corrected, correlated, corroborated, corrugated, corrupted, costed, counted, counteracted, counterfeited, courted, coveted, crafted, created, credited, cremated, crenelated, crested, crusted, culminated, cultivated, darted, dated, daunted, deactivated, debated, debilitated, decaffeinated, decapitated, decelerated, decimated, decontaminated, decorated, dedicated, deducted, defaulted, defeated, defected, deflated, deflected, degenerated, dehydrated, dejected, delegated, deleted, deliberated, delineated, delisted, demented, demonstrated, demoted, denigrated, denominated, denoted, dented, departed, depicted, depleted, deported, deposited, depreciated, deregulated, desecrated, desegregated, deserted, designated, destructed, detected, deteriorated, detested, detonated, detracted, devaluated, devastated, deviated, devoted, dictated, differentiated, digested, dilapidated, dilated, diluted, directed, disaffected, disappointed, disassociated, disconnected, discontented, discounted, discredited, discriminated, disenchanted, disgusted, disintegrated, disinterested, disjointed, dislocated, disoriented, dispirited, disputed, disrespected, disrupted, dissected, disseminated, dissented, dissipated, distorted, distracted, distributed, distrusted, diverted, divested, documented, domesticated, dominated, donated, dotted, doubted, drafted, drifted, duplicated, dusted, edited, educated, effected, ejected, elaborated, elated, elected, electrocuted, elevated, elicited, eliminated, elongated, elucidated, emaciated, emanated, emancipated, emasculated, emigrated, emitted, emulated, enacted, encapsulated, enchanted, encrusted, encrypted, enlisted, entrusted, enumerated, enunciated, equated, eradicated, erected, erupted, escalated, escorted, estimated, evacuated, evaluated, evaporated, evicted, eviscerated, exacerbated, exacted, exaggerated, exalted, exasperated, excavated, excepted, excerpted, excommunicated, excoriated, executed, exempted, exerted, exhausted, exhibited, exhilarated, exhorted, existed, exited, exonerated, expected, expedited, experimented, exploited, exported, expropriated, exterminated, extorted, extracted, extradited, extrapolated, extricated, extroverted, exulted, fabricated, faceted, facilitated, fainted, fainthearted, farsighted, fascinated, fasted, fated, faulted, feasted, federated, fermented, ferreted, feted, fetid, filleted, fingerprinted, fisted, fitted, fixated, flabbergasted, flagellated, flaunted, flirted, floated, flouted, fluctuated, foisted, fomented, footed, footnoted, forecasted, forested, forfeited, formulated, fragmented, frequented, fretted, fronted, frosted, frustrated, gated, generated, germinated, gifted, glaciated, gloated, glutted, graduated, grafted, granted, grated, gravitated, greeted, grunted, guested, gusted, gutted, gyrated, halfhearted, hallucinated, halogenated, halted, handcrafted, harvested, hated, hearted, heated, helmeted, hesitated, highlighted, hinted, hoisted, hooted, hosted, humiliated, hunted, hydrated, hydrogenated, hyphenated, illuminated, illustrated, imitated, immigrated, impacted, imparted, impersonated, implanted, implemented, implicated, imported, impregnated, imprinted, imputed, inactivated, inaugurated, incapacitated, incarcerated, incinerated, incorporated, inculcated, indebted, indicated, indoctrinated, inducted, infatuated, infected, infested, infiltrated, inflated, inflected, inflicted, infuriated, ingested, inhabited, inherited, inhibited, initiated, injected, innovated, inoculated, inserted, insinuated, insisted, inspected, instigated, instituted, instructed, insulated, insulted, integrated, interacted, intercepted, interconnected, interdicted, interested, interjected, interpolated, interpreted, interrelated, interrogated, interrupted, intersected, intimated, intimidated, intoxicated, introverted, inundated, invalidated, invented, inverted, invested, investigated, invigorated, irradiated, irrigated, irritated, isolated, jacketed, jetted, jilted, jointed, jolted, jotted, knitted, knotted, lambasted, lamented, laminated, lasted, legislated, levitated, liberated, lifted, lighthearted, limited, liquidated, listed, litigated, located, looted, lubricated, lusted, maladjusted, malted, maltreated, mandated, manifested, manipulated, marinated, marketed, masted, masturbated, mated, mediated, medicated, melted, merited, meted, migrated, minted, misallocated, misappropriated, miscalculated, misdirected, misinterpreted, misquoted, misreported, misrepresented, misstated, mistreated, mistrusted, mitigated, moderated, modulated, molested, motivated, mounted, multifaceted, mutated, muted, mutilated, narrated, nauseated, navigated, nearsighted, necessitated, negated, neglected, negotiated, nested, netted, nominated, nonregulated, noted, objected, obligated, obliterated, obstructed, officiated, omitted, operated, opinionated, opted, orbited, orchestrated, orientated, oriented, originated, ornamented, ousted, outdated, outed, outfitted, outlasted, outvoted, overacted, overestimated, overheated, overpopulated, overrated, overreacted, overregulated, overrepresented, overstated, overweighted, oxygenated, painted, panted, parachuted, parted, participated, pasted, patented, patted, pelleted, pelted, penetrated, perfected, perforated, permeated, permitted, perpetrated, perpetuated, persecuted, persisted, perverted, petted, picketed, piloted, pinpointed, pirated, pitted, pivoted, planted, plated, plotted, plummeted, pocketed, pointed, pollinated, polluted, pontificated, populated, ported, posited, posted, potted, pouted, precipitated, predated, predicated, predicted, predominated, preempted, preexisted, prefabricated, premeditated, presented, prevented, printed, profited, prognosticated, prohibited, projected, proliferated, promoted, prompted, promulgated, propagated, prorated, prosecuted, protected, protested, protracted, punctuated, purported, putted, quieted, quilted, quoted, radiated, rafted, ranted, ratcheted, rated, reacted, reactivated, readjusted, readmitted, reallocated, reappointed, rearrested, reasserted, rebated, rebutted, recalculated, recanted, reciprocated, recollected, reconnected, reconstituted, reconstructed, recounted, recreated, recruited, redacted, redecorated, redirected, redistributed, redrafted, reelected, reenacted, reevaluated, refitted, reflected, reformulated, refrigerated, refuted, regenerated, regimented, regretted, regulated, rehabilitated, reincarnated, reinstated, reinstituted, reintegrated, reinterpreted, reinvented, reinvested, reinvigorated, reiterated, rejected, rejuvenated, related, relegated, relented, relocated, remarketed, remitted, renegotiated, renominated, renovated, rented, repainted, repatriated, repeated, repented, replanted, replicated, reported, represented, reprinted, repudiated, reputed, requested, rerouted, resented, resisted, resonated, resorted, respected, restarted, restated, rested, restricted, resubmitted, resulted, resurrected, resuscitated, retaliated, retested, retorted, retracted, retreated, retrofitted, reverberated, reverted, revisited, revolted, rioted, riveted, roasted, rocketed, roosted, rooted, rotated, rotted, ruminated, rusted, rutted, sainted, salivated, salted, saluted, sandblasted, sated, saturated, scapegoated, scented, scouted, scripted, sculpted, seated, secreted, sedated, segmented, segregated, selected, separated, serrated, shafted, shifted, shorted, shouted, shunted, sifted, silhouetted, simulated, situated, skated, skirted, skyrocketed, slanted, slated, slotted, snorted, solicited, sophisticated, sorted, speculated, spirited, sported, spotlighted, spotted, spouted, sprinted, sprouted, spurted, squirted, stagnated, stalemated, started, stated, stilted, stimulated, stipulated, stunted, subcontracted, subjected, subjugated, submitted, subordinated, substantiated, substituted, subtracted, subverted, suffocated, suggested, suited, superheated, supplanted, supplemented, supported, surmounted, suspected, swatted, sweated, syncopated, syndicated, tabulated, tainted, talented, targeted, tasted, taunted, tempted, terminated, tested, throated, thwarted, ticketed, tightfisted, tilted, tinted, titillated, toasted, tolerated, tormented, toted, touted, transacted, transected, translated, transmitted, transplanted, transported, treated, trotted, trumpeted, truncated, trusted, tufted, twisted, unabated, unaccounted, unaccredited, unadjusted, unadulterated, unaffected, unaffiliated, unallocated, unanticipated, unappreciated, unassisted, unaudited, unbolted, uncharted, uncoated, uncollected, uncommitted, uncompensated, uncompleted, uncomplicated, unconnected, unconsolidated, uncontaminated, uncontested, uncontradicted, unconverted, uncoordinated, uncorrected, uncorroborated, uncounted, undated, undaunted, undefeated, undercounted, underestimated, underrated, underreported, underrepresented, understated, undetected, undifferentiated, undiluted, undisputed, undistributed, undocumented, undoubted, unedited, uneducated, unelected, unexpected, unexploited, unincorporated, uninfected, uninhabited, uninhibited, uninitiated, uninterested, uninterrupted, unlimited, unlisted, unmitigated, unmolested, unobstructed, unpainted, unprecedented, unprotected, unrated, unreconstructed, unregulated, unrelated, unreported, unrepresented, unrestricted, unsaturated, unscripted, unseated, unsolicited, unsophisticated, unstated, unsubstantiated, unsuited, unsupported, unsuspected, untainted, untested, untreated, unwanted, unwarranted, updated, uplifted, uprooted, vacated, vaccinated, vacillated, validated, vatted, vaulted, vaunted, venerated, vented, ventilated, vested, vetted, vindicated, violated, visited, voted, wafted, waited, wanted, warranted, wasted, weighted, whetted, wholehearted, wilted, witted, worsted, wrested. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-d-e-e-g-h-i-l-t" | |
-2 letters: delight, dighted, lighted. | |
-3 letters: dieted, edited, elegit, elided, gelded, gilded, glided, heddle, hedged, heiled, hilted. | |
-4 letters: deled, dight, edged, edile, eight, elide, elite, gelid, glede, gleed, gleet, glide, hedge, hided, idled, ledge, legit, lethe, liege, light, lithe, tided, tilde, tiled. | |
-5 letters: deed, deet, deil, dele, deli, delt, died, diel, diet, dite, edge, edit, eide, elhi, geed, geld, gelt, ghee, gied, gild, gilt, gled, glee, heed, heel, heil, held, hide, hied, hilt, idle, leet, lied, lite, teed, teel, tele, thee, tide, tied, tile. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-d-e-e-g-h-i-l-t" | |
+2 letters: delightedly, lightheaded. | |
+3 letters: middleweight. | |
+4 letters: candlelighted, delightedness, middleweights. | |
+5 letters: demythologized. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 65 6C 69 67 68 74 65 64 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. . .-.. .. --. .... - . -.. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01100101 01101100 01101001 01100111 01101000 01110100 01100101 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D e l i g h t e d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0065 006C 0069 0067 0068 0074 0065 0064 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)387178757374867170 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Sounds 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Quotations: Spoken 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Expressions 14. Expressions: Internet 15. Translations: Modern 16. Bible Trace | 17. Derivations 18. Rhymes 19. Anagrams 20. Orthography | 21. Bibliography |
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