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joy definition

joy (jo̵i)

noun

  1. a very glad feeling; happiness; great pleasure; delight
  2. anything causing such feeling
  3. the expression or showing of such feeling

Etymology: ME joie < OFr < LL gaudia, orig. pl. of L gaudium, joy < IE base *gāu-, to rejoice > Gr gēthein, to rejoice, MIr gūaire, noble

intransitive verb

to be full of joy; rejoice

transitive verb

  1. to make joyful
  2. to enjoy
Joy definition

Joy (jo̵i)

noun

a feminine name

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joy

n.

  1. A very glad feeling

    happiness, delight, gladness, rapture; see happiness 1, 2, pleasure 1, satisfaction 2.

  2. The exhibition of joy

    gaiety, jubilation, rejoicing, cheerfulness, merriment, glee, gleefulness, mirth, mirthfulness, revelry, hilarity, hilariousness, blitheness, frolic, playfulness, heartiness, geniality, good humor, sprightliness, merrymaking, joviality, sportiveness, jocularity, jollity, jocundity, levity, exulting, joyfulness, joyousness, elation, friskiness, animation, liveliness, high spirits, good spirits, transport, vivacity, sunniness, jocosity, celebration; see also laughter.

    Antonyms weeping*, mourning*, complaining. *

  3. The cause of joy

    delight, solace, treasure, pride and joy, pleasure, gratification, comfort, blessing, treat, regalement, diversion, sport, refreshment, enjoyment, dainty, indulgence, luxury.

    Antonyms thorn in the flesh, care*, burden. See syn. study at pleasure.pleasure.


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joy Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • motherhood: Then with your re-newed strength and vitality you can relish the joys of motherhood.

Converse of object

  • rediscover: It was a time when I rediscovered the sheer joy of music I think.

Adjective modifier

  • sheer: The closing track is sheer joy, for example.

Modifies a noun

  • rothschild: Belowthe target groups what's the best and higher rates joy rothschild senior vp.

Preposition: in

  • heaven: There is joy in heaven over one sinner that repents.
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joy quotes

   O quanta qualia sunt illa sabbata, Quae semper celebrat superna curia. O what their joy and their glory must be, Those endless sabbaths the blesse'  d ones see.

-Abelard, Peter

Sous le pont Mirabeau coule la Seine. Et nos amours, faut-il qu'il m'en souvienne? La joie venait toujours apre'  s la peine. Under Mirabeau Bridge flows the Seine. And our loves, must I remember them? Joy always came after pain.

-Kostrowitzki

To my generation no other English poet seemed so perfectly to express the sensibility of a male adolescent. If I do not now turn to him very often, I am eternally grateful to him for the joy he gave me in my youth.

-Auden,W(ystan) H(ugh)

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