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dʒɔɪjoy

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Wiktionary5.0 / 2 votes

  1. joynoun

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    They will be a source of strength and joy in your life.

    Antonyms:
    joylessness, unhappiness, infelicity

English Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 2 votes

  1. joy

    Gratification is the giving any mental or physical desire something that it craves; satisfaction is the giving such a desire all that it craves. Happiness is the positively agreeable experience that springs from the possession of good, the gratification or satisfaction of the desires or the relief from pain and evil. Comfort may be almost wholly negative, being found in security or relief from that which pains or annoys; there is comfort by a warm fireside on a wintry night; the sympathy of a true friend affords comfort in sorrow. Enjoyment is more positive, always implying something to be definitely and consciously delighted in; a sick person finds comfort in relief from pain, while he may be far from a state of enjoyment. Pleasure is still more vivid, being an arousing of the faculties to an intensely agreeable activity; satisfaction is more tranquil than pleasure, being the agreeable consciousness of having all that our faculties demand or crave; when a worthy pleasure is past, a worthy satisfaction remains. As referring to a mental state, gratification is used to denote a mild form of happiness resulting from some incident not of very great importance; satisfaction should properly express a happiness deeper, more complete, and more abiding; but as intellect or sensibilities of a low order may find satisfaction in that which is very poor or unworthy, the word has come to be feeble and tame in ordinary use. Happiness is more positive than comfort, enjoyment, or satisfaction, more serene and rational than pleasure; pleasure is of necessity transient; happiness is abiding, and may be eternal; thus, we speak of pleasures, but the plural of happiness is scarcely used. Happiness, in the full sense, is mental or spiritual or both, and is viewed as resulting from some worthy gratification or satisfaction; we may speak of a brute as experiencing comfort or pleasure, but scarcely as in possession of happiness; we speak of vicious pleasure, delight, or joy, but not of vicious happiness. Felicity is a philosophical term, colder and more formal than happiness. Gladness is happiness that overflows, expressing itself in countenance, voice, manner, and action. Joy is more intense than happiness, deeper than gladness, to which it is akin, nobler and more enduring than pleasure. Gaiety is more superficial than joy, more demonstrative than gladness. Rejoicing is happiness or joy that finds utterance in word, song, festivity, etc. Delight is vivid, overflowing happiness of a somewhat transient kind; ecstasy is a state of extreme or extravagant delight so that the one affected by it seems almost beside himself with joy; rapture is closely allied to ecstasy, but is more serene, exalted, and enduring. Triumph is such joy as results from victory, success, achievement. Blessedness is at once the state and the sense of being divinely blessed; as, the blessedness of the righteous. Bliss is ecstatic, perfected happiness; as, the bliss of heaven. Compare COMFORT.

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    Synonyms:
    blessedness, bliss, cheer, comfort, contentment, delight, ecstasy, enjoyment, felicity, gaiety, gladness, gratification, happiness, merriment, mirth, pleasure, rapture, rejoicing, satisfaction, triumph

Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  1. joy, joyousness, joyfulnessnoun

    the emotion of great happiness

    Synonyms:
    joyousness, joy, delight, pleasure, joyfulness

    Antonyms:
    sorrow

  2. joy, delight, pleasureverb

    something or someone that provides a source of happiness

    "a joy to behold"; "the pleasure of his company"; "the new car is a delight"

    Synonyms:
    joyousness, joy, pleasance, delectation, delight, pleasure, joyfulness

    Antonyms:
    sorrow

  3. rejoice, joyverb

    feel happiness or joy

    Synonyms:
    rejoice, gladden, jubilate, wallow, exuberate, exult, joy, triumph

    Antonyms:
    sorrow

  4. gladden, joyverb

    make glad or happy

    Synonyms:
    joy, gladden, rejoice

    Antonyms:
    sorrow

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. joynoun

    Synonyms:
    gladness, delight, glee, exultation, ecstasy, rapture, ravishment, transport, beatitude, beatification

  2. joynoun

    Synonyms:
    happiness, felicity, bliss

  3. joynoun

    Synonyms:
    cause of gladness

  4. joyverb

    Synonyms:
    exult, rejoice, be glad, be delighted, be joyful

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words2.0 / 1 vote

  1. joynoun

    Synonyms:
    gladness, exultation, jubilation, mirth, festivity glee, elation, merriment

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How to use JOY in a sentence?

  1. Albert Einstein:

    I feel that you are justified in looking into the future with true assurance, because you have a mode of living in which we find the joy of life and the joy of work harmoniously combined. Added to this is the spirit of ambition which pervades your very being, and seems to make the day's work like a happy child at play. (referring to America)

  2. Ned Curic:

    The integration will enable Lamborghini owners to enjoy the convenience of an intelligent voice service while focusing on the joy of the Lamborghini driving experience.

  3. Candace Hardy:

    The Weaver family was loved by everyone, no matter if The Palm Beach Post was a stranger, his mom or a family member, he was just a ball of light with so much energy. He was always positive, always had a smile on a face and he was always a joy to be around. He left an impact on a lot of people.

  4. Unknown:

    Lord, make me an instrument of your peace where there is hatred, let me sow love where there is injury, pardon where there is doubt, faith where there is despair, hope where there is darkness, light and where there is sadness, joy.

  5. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

    A beautiful word of love radiates joy forever.


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