Joyous

//ˈd͡ʒɔɪəs// adj

adj ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective

1
Full of joy; happy.
"I want to go on a mountain top / With a radio and good batteries / To play a joyous tune and / Free the human race / From suffering"

Adjective

1
full of or characterized by joy wordnet

Synonyms

festive mirthful sunny air-headed animating beaming

Antonyms

solemn unhappy joyless

Example

"May happiness and joy come to you as you celebrate this joyous day."

Etymology

From Middle English joyous, joious, from Old French joieus, from joie + -eus.

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