Joyful

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Joyful \Joy"ful\, a.
     Full of joy; having or causing joy; very glad; as, a joyful
     heart. "Joyful tidings." --Shak.
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           My soul shall be joyful in my God.       --Is. lxi. 10.


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           Sad for their loss, but joyful of our life. --Pope.
     -- {Joy"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Joy"ful*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  joyful
       adj 1: full of or producing joy; "make a joyful noise"; "a joyful
              occasion" [ant: {sorrowful}]
       2: full of high-spirited delight [syn: {elated}, {gleeful}, {jubilant}]
       3: full of or suggesting exultant happiness; "a joyful heart";
          "a joyful occasion"; "the joyous news"; "joyous laughter"
          [syn: {joyous}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  79 Moby Thesaurus words for "joyful":
     animating, beaming, beatific, beatified, blessed, blissful, blithe,
     blithesome, buoyant, buxom, capering, cheerful, cheering, cheery,
     chirping, convivial, dancing, delighted, ecstatic, effervescent,
     elated, encouraging, enlivening, exhilarated, exhilarating,
     expansive, exultant, festal, festive, flushed with joy, frivolous,
     gala, gay, glad, gladdening, gladsome, gleeful, glowing, gratified,
     happy, heart-warming, heartening, hilarious, in heaven,
     in seventh heaven, inspiring, inspiriting, invigorating, jocular,
     jocund, jolly, jovial, joyous, jubilant, laughing, laughter-loving,
     leaping, light-hearted, lighthearted, merry, merrymaking,
     mirth-loving, mirthful, on cloud nine, on the loose, overjoyed,
     pleased, purring, radiant, rejoicing, risible, singing, smiling,
     smirking, sparkling, starry-eyed, sunny, thrice happy,
     tickled pink