delight in
This page is about the phrasal verb delight in
Meaning
If you delight in doing something, you get a great deal of pleasure from doing it.
Synonym
enjoy
For example
- delight in (doing) sth When he was a kid, Louis delighted in nothing more than racing go-carts, and now he's a Formula 1 racing-car driver.
- delight in (doing) sth Cats can be very cruel. They delight in playing around with injured mice or birds before killing them.
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