as in pleasant
giving pleasure or contentment to the mind or senses any man would find it most delightsome to gaze upon her lovely face

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for delightsome
Adjective
  • Room for two, a supple ride, a gorgeous view over a curved hood, perfect flow of air up and over the windshield and cockpit with virtually no backsplash to disrupt pleasant conversation, and the ability at any time to experience a rush of power and speed when the moment calls.
    Mark Ewing, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Enfield is a pleasant, unremarkable suburb of north London.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • From here on out, Belly’s experience in Paris becomes much more delightful.
    Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The conversation — which delivered plenty of delightful outbursts from the over-the-top Tonioli — took a deep dive into a Season 7 emergency that sent Julianne Hough to the ER, and the memorable night protestors stormed the DWTS stage.
    Claire Franken, TVLine, 9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • This will exceed your expectations because something so humble really isn't meant to be this delicious.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 20 Sep. 2025
  • The bright vegetal bite of a good blanco is delicious and helps match the robust character of the maraschino liqueur.
    Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 20 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Your liver also plays the very sweet role of regulating your blood sugar levels by releasing glucose and storing glycogen when appropriate.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The scent is smoky yet sweet, spicy yet smooth, dark but with an underlying lightness—the result of combining clean white musk with rose, tobacco, suede, and cumin.
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Material to be covered includes choosing the right camera, choosing compatible accessories and techniques to produce pleasing night sky photographs.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Among the many pleasing on-screen personalities who join Levy en route are Rahul Dravid, former Indian cricketer famed as one of the greatest batsmen in the game’s history, and Eric Nam, an American singer, songwriter and actor based in South Korea.
    Laura Manske, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • This bike is meant to move, whether to speed through a commute, push an exercise ride a bit farther, or tackle that one hill that ruins your otherwise enjoyable route.
    Kevin Purdy, ArsTechnica, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Striving to be a hub for a high quality, affordable, and enjoyable vaping, the shop expanded into the CBD market in 2019 and is now focused on being a shop for all vapers.
    Shawn Price, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • These aren't nice-to-haves anymore.
    Jaime Catmull, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The futon mattress is comfortable and has a nice weight distribution thanks to the pocket springs wrapped in polyester fiber.
    Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The merriment turned bittersweet when the camera panned over to the late, great Maggie Smith as the legendary Dowager Countess, followed by a heavenly shot of Jessica Brown Findlay as poor Lady Sybil, who died shortly after giving birth in Season 3.
    Andy Swift, TVLine, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Schedule in for a heavenly hammam treatment at Joali Maldives, one of just a few in the country with this traditional treatment.
    Katie Lockhart, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2025
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“Delightsome.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delightsome. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.

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