Antonyms for delightfulness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : dih-lahyt-fuhl
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈlaɪt fəl


Definition of delightfulness

Origin :
  • c.1400, from delight (n.) + -ful. Related: Delightfully.
  • As in charm : noun enchantment, allure
  • As in amenity : noun pleasing, agreeable behavior
Example sentences :
  • The first few hours on shore after a voyage have a delightfulness all their own.
  • Extract from : « In the High Valley » by Susan Coolidge
  • They feel that it enhances the delightfulness of every glass they drink.
  • Extract from : « Human Intercourse » by Philip Gilbert Hamerton
  • I can appreciate the delightfulness of the compliment, for I believe it is sincere.
  • Extract from : « A Veldt Official » by Bertram Mitford
  • To meet an old friend is as the delightfulness of rain after drought.
  • Extract from : « Proverb Lore » by F. Edward Hulme
  • It is as careful and as rich as it can be, yet it adds no delightfulness to the edifice.
  • Extract from : « The Seven Lamps of Architecture » by John Ruskin
  • Each year adds to the variety of our fruits and the delightfulness of our flowers.
  • Extract from : « The World Set Free » by Herbert George Wells
  • Who that has not known it, can ever understand the delightfulness of a quarterly meeting?
  • Extract from : « The End Of The World » by Edward Eggleston
  • The capacities for sweetness and delightfulness were there within her, but all in a crude, undeveloped state.
  • Extract from : « A Little Country Girl » by Susan Coolidge
  • Never—oh, never, if I talked about it for a hundred years—could I give you an idea of the delightfulness of being able to fly!
  • Extract from : « Christmas Tree Land » by Mary Louisa Molesworth
  • And its delightfulness ought mainly to consist in those very imperfections which mark it for work done in times of rest.
  • Extract from : « The Stones of Venice, Volume III (of 3) » by John Ruskin

Synonyms for delightfulness

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