Joy

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Intense and especially ecstatic or exultant happiness, or an instance of such feeling.
  • noun. An expression of such feeling.
  • noun. A source or an object of joy.
  • intransitive verb. To take great pleasure; rejoice.
  • intransitive verb. To fill with ecstatic happiness, pleasure, or satisfaction.
  • intransitive verb. To enjoy.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. An emotion of pleasure, generally sudden, caused by the gratification of any passion or desire; ardent happiness arising from present or expected good; exultant satisfaction; exhilaration of spirits; gladness; delight.
  • noun. A source of enjoyment or rejoicing; that which causes gladness or happiness.
  • noun. Diversion; festivity.
  • noun. An occasional name of the plant Ranunculus arvensis.
  • noun. Synonyms Pleasure, Delight, etc. (see gladness); Glee, etc. (see hilarity); happiness, felicity, rapture, bliss.
  • noun. In astrology, an inferior fortitude, as when a planet is in the dignities of another planet congenial to him.
  • To take or feel joy; rejoice; be glad; exult.
  • To give joy to;cause to rejoice; gladden; delight.
  • To enjoy; possess with pleasure, or have pleasure in the possession of.
  • To wish joy to; felicitate; congratulate.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To give joy to; to congratulate.
  • transitive verb. To gladden; to make joyful; to exhilarate.
  • transitive verb. To enjoy.
  • noun. The passion or emotion excited by the acquisition or expectation of good; pleasurable feelings or emotions caused by success, good fortune, and the like, or by a rational prospect of possessing what we love or desire; gladness; exhilaration of spirits; delight.
  • noun. That which causes joy or happiness.
  • noun. The sign or exhibition of joy; gayety; mirth; merriment; festivity.
  • intransitive verb. To rejoice; to be glad; to delight; to exult.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The feeling of happiness, extreme cheerfulness.
  • noun. An activity etc which causes this feeling.
  • verb. To feel joy, to rejoice.
  • verb. To enjoy.
  • verb. To give joy to; to congratulate.
  • verb. To gladden; to make joyful; to exhilarate.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the emotion of great happiness
  • verb. make glad or happy
  • verb. feel happiness or joy
  • noun. something or someone that provides a source of happiness
  • Word Usage
    "With panting joy that she was there at last, —joy that overcame all distress, —Maggie neared the front of the house."
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    joyed  joying  joys