Definition for Delectation:

• act of receiving pleasure from something

Synonyms for Delectation:

• n.

  •
  • excitement,
  • joie de vivre,
  • anticipation,
  • happy,
  • enthusiasm,
  • like,
  • wonder.
  •act (noun)
  • delectation.
  •delight (noun)
  • amusement,
  • elation.
  •diversion (noun)
  • field days,
  • whoopees,
  • merry go rounds,
  • re-laxation,
  • dis-traction,
  • dis tractions,
  • dis traction,
  • re-laxations,
  • fun games,
  • fun gameses,
  • dis-tractions,
  • re laxations,
  • fun and gameses,
  • re laxation.
  •ecstasy (noun)
  • in toxication,
  • in toxications,
  • in-toxication,
  • in-toxications,
  • ravishments.
  •enjoyment (noun)
  • enjoyings,
  • re creation,
  • selfindulgence,
  • re creations,
  • self indulgence.
  •exaltation (noun)
  • joyousnesses,
  • up lift,
  • up-lifts,
  • up lifts,
  • up-lift.
  •happiness (noun)
  • well being,
  • hopefulnesses,
  • cheerinesses,
  • peace mind,
  • wellbeings,
  • good cheers.
  •pleasure (noun)
  • joyride,
  • joyrides,
  • gluttony,
  • turn-on,
  • turn-ons,
  • Gluttonies.
  •rapture (noun)
  • at oneness,
  • at onenesses,
  • atonenesses,
  • at-onenesses,
  • atoneness.
  •relish (noun)
  • sapidities.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • pain.

Antonyms for Delectation:

• n.

  • delight
    hate, dislike, woe, gloom, misery, unhappiness, sorrow, hatred, sadness, pain, depression.
  • Other antonyms:
    discontent, displeasure, aggravation, discontentedness, exasperation, rage, anger, distress, dispiritedness, discontentment, fury, irritation, upset, vexation, wretchedness, uneasiness, annoyance, despondency, joylessness, restlessness, desolation, dejection, agitation, discomfort, dissatisfaction, anguish, pique, melancholy, disturbance.

Delectation Sentence Examples:

• It is true that these gentry have in stock what persons of refinement demand, but they also have fabrics and garments bizarre in color and cut, in which they revel and carry for apparently no other reason than the delectation of their own perverted taste, since they seldom or never sell them.

• Gutter children are an impossibility in a place where there are no gutters for their innocent delectation.

Homophones for Delectation:

• delegation.

Hypernym for Delectation:

• n.

  • feeling
    schadenfreude, amusement, ravishment, entrancement.

Hyponym for Delectation:

• n.

  • act
    activity.
  • feeling
    pleasance, pleasure.