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delighting in

delighting in is the present participle and gerund of delight in.

Meaning of delight in

Verb

delight in (third-person singular simple present delights in, present participle delighting in, simple past and past participle delighted in)

  1. (idiomatic) To enjoy; to take pleasure in.

Questions about delighting in

What is delighting in the present participle and gerund of?
Delighting in is the present participle and gerund of delight in.

Words near delighting in in the dictionary

  1. delightfuller
  2. delightfullest
  3. delightfully
  4. delightfulness
  5. delighting
  6. delighting in
  7. delightingly
  8. delightless
  9. delightly
  10. delightment
  11. delightous

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Adapted from Wiktionary: delighting in (page history and authors); delight in (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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