joyful as an adjective: - 1
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joyful
adjective
1 joyful
Full of or producing joy.
Roget 827:
pleased
etc.
829;
not sorry;
glad,
gladsome;
pleased as Punch.
happy,
blest,
blessed,
blissful,
beatified;
happy as a clam at high water [U.S.],
happy as a clam,
happy as a king,
happy as the day is long;
thrice happy,
ter quaterque beatus [Lat.];
enjoying
etc.
v.;
joyful
etc.
(in spirits)
836;
hedonic†.
in a blissful state,
in paradise
etc.
981,
in raptures,
in ecstasies,
in a transport of delight.
comfortable
etc.
(physical pleasure)
377;
at ease;
content
etc.
831;
sans souci [Fr.].
overjoyed,
entranced,
enchanted;
enraptures;
enravished†;
transported;
fascinated,
captivated.
with a joyful face,
with sparkling eyes.
pleasing
etc.
829;
ecstatic,
beatic†;
painless,
unalloyed,
without alloy,
cloudless.
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2 joyful
Full of high-spirited delight:
— A joyful heart.
synonyms: elated, gleeful, jubilant.
Roget 836:
cheerful;
happy
etc.
827;
cheery,
cheerly†;
of good cheer,
smiling;
blithe;
in spirits,
in good spirits;
breezy,
bully,
chipper [U.S.];
in high spirits,
in high feather;
happy as the day is long,
happy as a king;
gay as a lark;
allegro;
debonair;
light,
lightsome,
light hearted;
buoyant,
debonnaire,
bright,
free and easy,
airy;
janty†,
jaunty,
canty†;
hedonic†;
riant†;
sprightly,
sprightful†;
spry;
spirited,
spiritful†;
lively,
animated,
vivacious;
brisk as a bee;
sparkling,
sportive;
full of play,
full of spirit;
all alive.
sunny,
palmy;
hopeful
etc.
858.
merry as a cricket,
merry as a grig†,
merry as a marriage bell;
joyful,
joyous,
jocund,
jovial;
jolly as a thrush,
jolly as a sandboy†;
blithesome;
gleeful,
gleesome†;
hilarious,
rattling.
winsome,
bonny,
hearty,
buxom.
playful,
playsome†;
folatre [Fr.],
playful as a kitten,
tricksy†,
frisky,
frolicsome;
gamesome;
jocose,
jocular,
waggish;
mirth loving,
laughter-loving;
mirthful,
rollicking.
elate,
elated;
exulting,
jubilant,
flushed;
rejoicing
etc.
838;
cock-a-hoop.
cheering,
inspiriting,
exhilarating;
cardiac,
cardiacal†;
pleasing
etc.
829;
palmy.
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Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more.
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