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delightful
adj. 1 pleasing, agreeable, pleasurable, enjoyable, joyful,
pleasant, lovely, amusing, entertaining, diverting, exciting,
thrilling: We spent a delightful evening together. 2
attractive, congenial, winning, winsome, charming, engaging,
exciting; captivating, ravishing, fascinating, enchanting:
Georgina is one of the most delightful people I have met in a
long time.
delinquent
n. 1 malefactor, (young or youthful) offender, wrongdoer,
lawbreaker, culprit, criminal, miscreant; hooligan, ruffian,
roughneck: The police rounded up six juvenile delinquents and
charged them with rowdyism.
--adj. 2 neglectful, negligent, derelict, remiss, failing,
defaulting: I have been delinquent in my obligations to my
mother. 3 overdue, past due, in arrears, late, unpaid: All
these delinquent accounts should be collected as soon as
possible.
delirious adj. 1 wild, hysterical, distracted, incoherent, rambling,
irrational, raving, ranting, frenzied, frantic, disturbed,
demented, deranged, unhinged, mad, insane, crazy, lunatic: He
is still delirious and doesn't know what he's saying. 2 wild,
excited, crazed, thrilled, ecstatic: She was delirious with joy
that Ken was coming home.
deliver v. 1 carry, bring, convey, distribute, give or hand out;
purvey, take round; cart, transport: Only in a few places in
the world do they still deliver milk to the door. 2 hand over,
give, surrender, cede, yield, make over, relinquish, give up or
over, commit, transfer, turn over, resign: We were forced to
deliver our children to the enemy as hostages. 3 set free,
liberate, enfranchise, extricate, release, save, rescue;
emancipate, manumit, redeem; disencumber, disburden, ransom:
They were delivered from certain death by the arrival of the
helicopter. Modern appliances have delivered millions of women
from the drudgery of housework. 4 give, present, utter, read,
broadcast; proclaim, announce, declare, set forth, communicate,
make known, express, publish, hand over, hand out, promulgate,
pronounce, enunciate: He has to deliver a speech tonight. The