joyful Definition
joy·ful (jo̵i′fəl)
adjective
feeling, expressing, or causing joy; glad; happy
joyful Related Forms
joy′·fully adverb
joy′·ful·ness noun
joyful Synonyms
joyful Usage Examples
Adjective complement with noun phrase
make: And that was only a part of what we both saw, while you made the paths joyful for me!
Modifies a noun
- eastertide: Author of all things, we beseech you, in this joyful Eastertide, defend your people from all the assaults of death.
- tidings: Now there are only six to spread the joyful tidings.
- anticipation: But, like many others, I do look forward to Peter's arrival at Church House in May with joyful anticipation.
- reunion: Much to my surprise the show ended with their joyful reunion.
- celebration: It was a very joyful celebration at Mercy House.
- mystery: For instance, what about the fifth joyful mystery?
Modifying Another Word
- even: Even joyful reunions are reserved for the station forecourt.
- so: I have never been so joyful, free and peaceful as I am now.
- very: My friend is very joyful about the future of the business.
- not: Joy is not about smiling all the time or denying what is not joyful.
- truly: Its aim is to accompany you through this truly joyful season.
- sometimes: A wordless, visual tapestry full of magical images that captures the sometimes joyful, sometimes melancholic mood of present-day Havana.
Infinitive complement
- have: It was joyful to have a small lie in this morning.
- hear: Pippa Little is a fine poet and it was joyful to hear these finely wrought poems read out loud.
Used with adjective complement
- feel: For the first time in my life, I was starting a film and I didn't feel joyful.
- make: May Cu-ilicu rely on you, may he be made joyful by you!
- become: But when they found that instead of being killed they were treated with kindness, they became exceedingly joyful.
- seem: They seem almost joyful to report our own losses, but they almost never tell us how much damage we did to the enemy.
Preposition: in
hope: Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
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