joyous

joyous
Synonyms and related words:
animating, beaming, beatific, beatified, blessed, blissful, buxom, capering, cheerful, cheering, cheery, chirping, convivial, dancing, ecstatic, encouraging, enlivening, exhilarating, festal, festive, flushed with joy, frivolous, gala, gay, glad, gladdening, gladsome, gleeful, glowing, happy, heart-warming, heartening, hilarious, inspiring, inspiriting, invigorating, jocular, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, laughing, laughter-loving, leaping, lighthearted, merry, merrymaking, mirth-loving, mirthful, on the loose, purring, radiant, rapturous, rejoicing, risible, singing, smiling, smirking, sparkling, starry-eyed, thrice happy, transported

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  • Joyous — Joy ous, a. [OE. joyous, joious, joios, F. joyeux.See {Joy}.] Glad; gay; merry; joyful; also, affording or inspiring joy; with of before the word or words expressing the cause of joy. [1913 Webster] Is this your joyous city? Is. xxiii. 7. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • joyous — (adj.) c.1300, from Anglo Fr. joyous, O.Fr. joios happy, cheerful, merry, glad (12c., Mod.Fr. joyeux), from joie (see JOY (Cf. joy)). Related: Joyously; joyousness …   Etymology dictionary

  • joyous — index ecstatic, felicitous, jocular Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • joyous — joyful, happy, *glad, cheerful, lighthearted Analogous words: blithe, jocund, *merry: rapturous, ecstatic, transported (see corresponding nouns at ECSTASY) Antonyms: lugubrious Contrasted words: dolorous, doleful, *melancholy: *miserable,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • joyous — ► ADJECTIVE chiefly literary ▪ full of happiness and joy. DERIVATIVES joyously adverb joyousness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • joyous — [joi′əs] adj. [ME < OFr joios < joie,JOY] full of joy; happy; glad SYN. HAPPY joyously adv. joyousness n …   English World dictionary

  • joyous — [[t]ʤɔ͟ɪ͟əs[/t]] ADJ GRADED Joyous means extremely happy. [LITERARY] She had made their childhood so joyous and carefree. ...a joyous celebration of life. Syn: joyful Ant: joyless Derived words: joyously ADV GRADED Sarah accepted joyously …   English dictionary

  • joyous — joy|ous [ˈdʒɔıəs] adj literary very happy, or likely to make people very happy ▪ a joyous occasion ▪ Our music is a joyous celebration of life. >joyously adv >joyousness n [U] …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • joyous — joyously, adv. joyousness, n. /joy euhs/, adj. joyful; happy; jubilant: the joyous sounds of children at play. [1275 1325; ME < AF; OF joios. See JOY, OUS] * * * …   Universalium

  • joyous — adj. Joyous is used with these nouns: ↑celebration, ↑occasion, ↑reunion, ↑shout …   Collocations dictionary

  • joyous — adjective literary very happy, or likely to make people very happy: a joyous occasion joyously adverb joyousness noun (U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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