Blithe vs Delight - What's the difference?
blithe | delight |
(dated or literary) Happy, cheerful.
Indifferent, careless, showing a lack of concern.
Joy; pleasure.
* Bible, Proverbs xviii. 2
* Shakespeare
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, title= Something that gives great joy or pleasure.
* Milton:
* (Greensleeves):
To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly.
* Tennyson
(label) To have or take great pleasure
As an adjective blithe
is (dated or literary) happy, cheerful.As a noun delight is
joy; pleasure.As a verb delight is
to give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly.blithe
English
Adjective
(er)- She had a blithe disregard of cultures outside the United States.
Derived terms
* * * * * * * *delight
English
Noun
(en noun)- A fool hath no delight in understanding.
- Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
The new masters and commanders, passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.}}
- Heaven's last, best gift, my ever new delight .
- Greensleeves was all my joy / Greensleeves was my delight,
Derived terms
* undelight * delightfulVerb
(en verb)- Delight our souls with talk of knightly deeds.