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    joyful
    /ˈdʒɔɪf(ʊ)l/

    adjective

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  2. having or causing great happiness:

  3. The meaning of JOYFUL is experiencing, causing, or showing joy : happy. How to use joyful in a sentence.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. Definition of joyful adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  10. very happy, or making people feel very happy: joyful news. joyfully. adverb. (Definition of joyful from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of joyful. in Chinese (Traditional) 高興的,快樂的… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 高兴的,快乐的… See more. in Spanish. muy alegre, alegre [masculine-feminine, singular]…

  11. 1. a. : the emotion evoked by well-being, success, or good fortune or by the prospect of possessing what one desires : delight. b. : the expression or exhibition of such emotion : gaiety. 2. : a state of happiness or felicity : bliss. 3. : a source or cause of delight. joyless. ˈjȯi-ləs. adjective. joylessly adverb. joylessness noun. 2 of 2. verb.