About The Word Joyous
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Joyous
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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 See Also | 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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