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Joyous

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 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"ously}, adv. -- {Joy"ousness}, n.

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"

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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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