About The Word Joyous

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Joyous

Joyous Meaning & Definition
Joyous Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Joyous?

[adj] full of or suggesting exultant happiness; "a joyful heart"; "a joyful occasion"; "the joyous news"; "joyous laughter"
[adj] full of or characterized by joy; "felt a joyous abandon"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Joyous: ecstatic | elated | enraptured | festal | festive | gala(a) | gay | gleeful | happy | jocund | jolly | jovial | joyful | jubilant | merry | mirthful | rapturous | rhapsodic

Related Terms | Find terms related to Joyous: 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 | heartening | heart-warming | hilarious | inspiring | inspiriting | invigorating | jocular | jocund | jolly | jovial | joyful | laughing | laughter-loving | leaping | lighthearted | merry | merrymaking | mirthful | mirth-loving | on the loose | purring | radiant | rapturous | rejoicing | risible | singing | smiling | smirking | sparkling | starry-eyed | thrice happy | transported

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Joyous In Webster's Dictionary

\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. Is this your joyous city? --Is. xxiii. 7. They all as glad as birds of joyous prime. --Spenser. And joyous of our conquest early won. --Dryden. Syn: Merry; lively; blithe; gleeful; gay; glad; mirthful; sportive; festive; joyful; happy; blissful; charming; delightful. -- {Joy"ous*ly}, adv. -- {Joy"ous*ness}, n.

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