rejoicing

Roget category 838

6. Words relating to the sentient and moral
› 6.2. Personal affections
›› 6.2.1. Passive affections

#838. [Expression of pleasure.] Rejoicing

noun

rejoicing, exultation, triumph, jubilation, heyday, flush, revelling — merrymaking etc. (amusement) 840 — jubilee etc. (celebration) 883 — paean, Te Deum etc. (thanksgiving) 990 [Lat.] — congratulation etc. 896.
smile, simper, smirk, grin — broad grin, sardonic grin.
laughter (amusement) 840.
risibility — derision etc. 856.
Momus — Democritus the Abderite^† — rollicker^†.

verb

rejoice, thank one's stars, bless one's stars — congratulate oneself, hug oneself — rub one's hands, clap one's hands — smack the lips, fling up one's cap — dance, skip — sing, carol, chirrup, chirp — hurrah — cry for joy, jump for joy, leap with joy — exult etc. (boast) 884 — triumph — hold jubilee etc. (celebrate) 883 — make merry etc. (sport) 840.
laugh, raise laughter etc. (amuse) 840.

adjective

rejoicing etc. v. — jubilant, exultant, triumphant — flushed, elated, pleased, delighted, tickled pink.
amused etc. 840 — cheerful etc. 836.
laughable etc. (ludicrous) 853.

interjection

hurrah!, Huzza!, aha! ^†, hail!, tolderolloll! ^†, Heaven be praised!, io triumphe! ^†, tant mieux! [Fr.], so much the better.

phrase

the heart leaping with joy — ce n'est pas etre bien aise que de rire [Fr.] — Laughter holding both his sides" [Milton]; le roi est mort, vive le roi;" with his eyes in flood with laughter" [Cymbeline].

The content on this page comes straight from Project Gutenberg Etext of Roget's Thesaurus No. Two, which consists of the acclaimed work by Peter Mark Roget augmented with more recent material. Some changes were made to the formatting for improved readability.

Bold numbers signify related Roget categories. A dagger symbol (†) indicates archaic words and expressions no longer in common use.

debug info: 0.0008