delight
noun
a high degree of pleasure or enjoyment; joy; rapture.
self-delight
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a word derived from
delight.
Example Sentences
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The flailing limbs, the snobby rictus of disgust and self-delight.
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2019
The intensity of self-delight in the room was almost unbearable.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 15, 2019
American podcasts, like American meditation apps and American public radio, aren’t always able to resist a tone of knowing whimsy, or self-delight.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 4, 2019
What’s missing are musical numbers that showcase his showmanship and eternal capacity for self-delight.
From New York Times ● Jan. 2, 2019
For the soul has its own sensualities,—its self-delight in pain, in humiliation,—its mood of generosity, too.
From Together by Robert Herrick
