Delight
Delight verb - To feel or express joy or triumph.
Fire
Fire verb - To cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force.
How words are described
| high | high delight | high fire |
| pure | pure delight | pure fire |
| complete | complete delight | complete fire |
| true | true delight | true fire |
| Other adjectives: wild, small, powerful, real, huge, new, strange. | ||
Common collocations
| someone | delight someone | fire someone |
Both words in one sentence
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The Nightmare Before Christmas - for a show-stopper at the movie's start, Jack Skellington, dressed as a scarecrow, plays fire-eater and sets himself ablaze, to everyone's delight.
Source: Man on Fire -
Smith 70's assistant, Young Albert, finally gets to fire it when Smithy is wounded, much to Albert's delight.
Source: Cool Guns / Machine Guns -
By season 8, it seems to have become a meme, since every fire in the Forgotten Realms is now apparently colored green—to the delight of the cheering (and diligently participating) audience.
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Fire and Delight. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/delight/fire
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Fire or Delight. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/delight/fire.
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