delectation
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction
his delight to see her was obvious to all
Types & categories
- pleasure hypernym
- ravishment hyponym
- amusement hyponym
- Schadenfreude hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
act of receiving pleasure from something
Types & categories
- activity hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | revel |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | delight |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | pleasure |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ravishment |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | amusement |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Schadenfreude |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | revel |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | relish |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | love |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | activity |