delight – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of delight

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to delight
Participle: delighted
Gerund: delighting

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

Idelight
youdelight
he;she;itdelights
wedelight
youdelight
theydelight

Perfect

Ihave delighted
youhave delighted
he;she;ithas delighted
wehave delighted
youhave delighted
theyhave delighted

Past

Idelighted
youdelighted
he;she;itdelighted
wedelighted
youdelighted
theydelighted

Pluperfect

Ihad delighted
youhad delighted
he;she;ithad delighted
wehad delighted
youhad delighted
theyhad delighted

Future

Iwill delight
youwill delight
he;she;itwill delight
wewill delight
youwill delight
theywill delight

Future Perfect

Iwill have delighted
youwill have delighted
he;she;itwill have delighted
wewill have delighted
youwill have delighted
theywill have delighted

Subjunctive

Present

Idelight
youdelight
he;she;itdelight
wedelight
youdelight
theydelight

Perfect

Ihave delighted
youhave delighted
he;she;ithave delighted
wehave delighted
youhave delighted
theyhave delighted

Imperfect

Idelighted
youdelighted
he;she;itdelighted
wedelighted
youdelighted
theydelighted

Pluperfect

Ihad delighted
youhad delighted
he;she;ithad delighted
wehad delighted
youhad delighted
theyhad delighted

Conditional

Present

Iwould delight
youwould delight
he;she;itwould delight
wewould delight
youwould delight
theywould delight

Perfect

Iwould have delighted
youwould have delighted
he;she;itwould have delighted
wewould have delighted
youwould have delighted
theywould have delighted

Imperative

youdelight
weLet's delight
youdelight

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam delighting
youare delighting
he;she;itis delighting
weare delighting
youare delighting
theyare delighting

Perfect

Ihave been delighting
youhave been delighting
he;she;ithas been delighting
wehave been delighting
youhave been delighting
theyhave been delighting

Past

Iwas delighting
youwere delighting
he;she;itwas delighting
wewere delighting
youwere delighting
theywere delighting

Pluperfect

Ihad been delighting
youhad been delighting
he;she;ithad been delighting
wehad been delighting
youhad been delighting
theyhad been delighting

Future

Iwill be delighting
youwill be delighting
he;she;itwill be delighting
wewill be delighting
youwill be delighting
theywill be delighting

Future Perfect

Iwill have been delighting
youwill have been delighting
he;she;itwill have been delighting
wewill have been delighting
youwill have been delighting
theywill have been delighting

Conditional

Present

Iwould be delighting
youwould be delighting
he;she;itwould be delighting
wewould be delighting
youwould be delighting
theywould be delighting

Perfect

Iwould have been delighting
youwould have been delighting
he;she;itwould have been delighting
wewould have been delighting
youwould have been delighting
theywould have been delighting

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'delight'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. c.1225, delit, from O.Fr. delit, from delitier "please greatly, charm," from L. delectare "to allure, delight," freq. of delicere "entice" (see delicious). Spelled delite until 16c. when it changed under infl. of light, flight, etc.
2. Attested from the 13th century, from Middle English delite, from Old French deleiter, deliter, from Latin dēlectāre (“to delight, please”), frequentative of dēlicere (“to allure, entice”), from dē- (“away”) + laciō (“to lure, to deceive”), from Proto-Italic *lakjō (“to draw, pull”), of unknown ultimate origin. Doublet of delect. Related with delectation, delicate, delicious and dilettante. The modern unetymological spelling (instead of expected delite) is influenced by light and other words ending in -ight, such as might, bright, etc. The -gh- may also be an attempt to represent the Latin -c-; compare obsolete indight for indict. See: Latin 'dēlectō'.

Sample Sentences

  • “ Yes, yes—sartin, ” said Aunt Chloe, delighted; “ you'll see. Lor ! to think of some of our dinners ! Yer mind dat ar great chicken pie I made when we guv de dinner to General Knox ? I and Missis, we come pretty near quarrelling about dat ar [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • Aunt Chloe, having thus saved appearances, seemed highly delighted to push the thing under, saying, as she did so, “ Well, mebbe ’ t will do ’ em some good. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • ‘He learned more than a half-dozen letters in half an hour, and seemed delighted with his success, at least in gaining approbation. His attention then began to flag, and I commenced playing with him. It was evident that in all this he had merely been imitating the motions of [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • At this, the old lady was very much delighted. After glancing at me for a moment, as if to be quite sure that I was serious in my respectful air, she sidled back some paces; sidled forward again; made a sudden skip (at which I precipitately [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] and thus attended, and bearing with us, besides, a hamper full of savoury cold meats, and fruit, and wine, we started off again in high spirits, at half-past six o’clock next morning, very much delighted to be by ourselves, and disposed to enjoy even the roughest journey. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] this announcement, to see what kind of morsels were so carefully preserved, I turned a few leaves, and found them scrawled all over with the vilest and the filthiest ribaldry that ever human hogs delighted in. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] there were, the more hiding-holes could Dinah make for the accommodation of old rags, hair-combs, old shoes, ribbons, cast-off artificial flowers, and other articles of _vertu_, wherein her soul delighted. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] first morning, and solemnly commencing a course of instruction in the art and mystery of bed-making. ~~~ Behold, then, Topsy, washed and shorn of all the little braided tails wherein her heart had delighted, arrayed in a clean gown, with well-starched apron, standing reverently before Miss Ophelia, with an expression of solemnity well befitting a funeral. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • Mrs. Shelby went up stairs, and Aunt Chloe, delighted, went out to her cabin, to make her preparation. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)