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- Dictionaryjoyful/ˈdʒɔɪf(ʊ)l/
adjective
- 1. feeling, expressing, or causing great pleasure and happiness: "joyful music" Similar Opposite
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having or causing great happiness:
The meaning of JOYFUL is experiencing, causing, or showing joy : happy. How to use joyful in a sentence.
Something that is joyful causes happiness and pleasure. [formal] Giving birth to a child is both painful and joyful. A wedding is a joyful celebration of love. Synonyms: pleasing, satisfying, engaging, charming More Synonyms of joyful. 2. adjective.
adjective. full of joy, as a person or one's heart; glad; delighted. Synonyms: jubilant, elated, buoyant, blithe, happy, joyous. Antonyms: melancholy. showing or expressing joy, as looks, actions, or speech. causing or bringing joy, as an event, a sight, or news; delightful: the joyful announcement of their marriage. joyful. / ˈdʒɔɪfʊl / adjective.
Someone who's joyful is very happy. A joyful child will laugh with delight. When you experience the feeling of joy, you're joyful. For many people, their wedding day, the birth of their children, or simply a beautiful summer afternoon can all be joyful occasions.
adjective. us / ˈdʒɔɪ.f ə l / uk / ˈdʒɔɪ.f ə l / Add to word list. very happy: Christmas is such a joyful time of year. I don't have very much to feel joyful about/over at the moment. Opposites. dejected. sorrowful literary. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Feeling pleasure and happiness. (as) pleased as Punch idiom. ASMR.
adj. 1. full of joy; glad; delighted. 2. showing or expressing joy: a joyful look. 3. causing or bringing joy; delightful: a joyful event. [1250–1300] joy′ful•ly, adv. joy′ful•ness, n. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. Thesaurus.
Definition of joyful adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
a person or thing that causes happiness: Listening to music is one of his greatest joys. the joys of parenthood. [ + to infinitive ] Her singing is a joy to listen to. Fewer examples. He cried for joy when he heard that his son had been found alive and well. His poems reveal the duality of his nature, the joy and hope, the fear and despair.
Feeling, expressing, or causing joy; glad; happy. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Synonyms: happy. glad. gala. festive. joyous. merry. gladsome. gleeful. jubilant. elated. pleasing. cheerful. cheery. Antonyms: sorrowful. sad. miserable. Other Word Forms of Joyful. Adjective. Base Form: joyful.
