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Joyful definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

JOY'FUL, a. Full of joy; very glad; exulting.
My soul shall be joyful in my God. Isaiah 61.
Rarely, it has of before the cause of joy.
Sad for their loss, but joyful of our life.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: full of or producing joy; "make a joyful noise"; "a joyful occasion" [ant: sorrowful]
2: full of high-spirited delight; "a joyful heart" [syn: elated, gleeful, joyful, jubilant]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 13th century experiencing, causing, or showing joy ; happy • joyfully adverb • joyfulness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. full of, showing, or causing joy. Derivatives: joyfully adv. joyfulness n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Joyful Joy"ful, a. Full of joy; having or causing joy; very glad; as, a joyful heart. ``Joyful tidings.'' --Shak. My soul shall be joyful in my God. --Is. lxi. 10. Sad for their loss, but joyful of our life. --Pope. -- Joy"ful*ly, adv. -- Joy"ful*ness, n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. Something that is joyful causes happiness and pleasure. (FORMAL) A wedding is a joyful celebration of love. ADJ 2. Someone who is joyful is extremely happy. (FORMAL) We're a very joyful people; we're very musical people and we love music. ADJ • joyfully They greeted him joyfully. ADV

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Glad, joyous, merry, buoyant, happy, jocund, blithe, blithesome, jolly, jovial, delighted, elate, elated.

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