Joyfulness

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

  joyfulness \joyfulness\ n.
     the emotion of great happiness.
  
     Syn: joy, joyousness.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  joyfulness
       n : the emotion of great happiness [syn: {joy}, {joyousness}]
           [ant: {sorrow}]

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

  56 Moby Thesaurus words for "joyfulness":
     amusement, beatification, beatitude, bewitchment, blessedness,
     bliss, blissfulness, cheer, cheerfulness, cloud nine, delectation,
     delight, ecstasy, ecstatics, elation, enchantment, exaltation,
     exhilaration, exuberance, felicity, frivolity, fun, gaiety,
     gladness, glee, gleefulness, happiness, heaven, high glee,
     high spirits, hilariousness, hilarity, intoxication, jocularity,
     jocundity, jolliness, jollity, joviality, joy, joyance, joyousness,
     laughter, levity, merriment, merriness, mirth, mirthfulness,
     overhappiness, overjoyfulness, paradise, rapture, ravishment,
     seventh heaven, sunshine, transport, unalloyed happiness