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View definitions for take delight

take delight

verb as in glory

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Example Sentences

Awake, ye that are drunk, and weep, and mourn all ye that take delight; in drinking sweet wine: for it is cut off from your mouth.

Charles Duran, who was out of his element when he was not in mischief, seemed to take delight in tormenting these little children.

Tell them this, and urge them to be friendly; for we are not of the nature of those who take delight in slaying.

They cannot take delight in the soil, since the most of them do not belong to it.

Her only pleasure now in decking herself out was in thinking that her mother would take delight in seeing her dressed.

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On this page you'll find 13 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to take delight, such as: crow, gloat, jubilate, relish, revel, and triumph.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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