Meaning & use
delightful
Causing great pleasure or enjoyment; highly pleasing.
See it in a sentence
We had a delightful evening walking along the beach at sunset.
Her delightful sense of humor made even the dullest meetings enjoyable.
A note on using this word
Delightful is a warm, positive word suitable for experiences and people, slightly more elevated in tone than plain "nice."
Words with a similar meaning
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Words with an opposite meaning
unpleasantdisagreeable
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