noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An act of showing joy. countable, uncountable

   "There was much rejoicing when the good news finally arrived."

2. 2
   the utterance of sounds expressing great joy wordnet
3. 3
   a feeling of great happiness wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of rejoice form-of, gerund, participle, present

Adjective

1. 1
   joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

exultantanniversariesanniversarybuxomcelebratingcelebration

Example

More examples

"The US will one day elect its first woman president, and there will be rejoicing in the long overdue occasion."

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