Delight and Tries

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Delight verb - To feel or express joy or triumph.

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Tries is an antonym for delight.

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Delight is an antonym for tries in topics: bother, attempt, experiment, bring before a judge.

When he tries to break off the relationship she assaults him in his office (to the delight of watching inmates), then charges him with sexual harassment when he tries to fire her.

Source: Psycho Ex-Girlfriend
Before that, his son Zuko tries it before a volleyball game, to the delight of fangirls both onscreen and off.

Source: The Coats Are Off
Creepy Monotone: Danny develops one, played for laughs to the studio audience's and cast's delight, as he tries to understand what it means to be insecure.

Source: Series / Undateable

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