Synonyms for delight in
de·light in

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1. delight in

   In the old sense of wonder, admire is practically obsolete; the word now expresses a delight and approval, in which the element of wonder unconsciously mingles. We admire beauty in nature and art, delight in the innocent happiness of children, enjoy books or society, a walk or a dinner. We approve what is excellent, applaud heroic deeds, esteem the good, love our friends. We honor and respect noble character wherever found; we revere and venerate it in the aged. We extol the goodness and adore the majesty and power of God.

   Synonyms:
   admire, adore, applaud, approve, enjoy, esteem, esteem, extol, honor, love, respect, revere, venerate, wonder

   Antonyms:
   abhor, abominate, contemn, despise, detest, dislike, execrate, hate, ridicule, scorn

   Preposition:
   Admire at may still very rarely be found in the old sense of wonder at.

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1. Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy:

   Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them?

2. Sir Thomas More:

   The most part of all princes have more delight in warlike manners and feats of chivalry than in the good feats of peace.

3. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi:

   Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err. It passes my comprehension how human beings, be they ever so experienced and able, can delight in depriving other human beings of that precious right.

4. Samuel Johnson:

   You teach your daugthers the diameters of the planets and wonder when you are done that they do not delight in your company.

5. Henry Fielding:

   LOVE: A word properly applied to our delight in particular kinds of food; sometimes metaphorically spoken of the favorite objects of all our appetites.