| NOUN | attribute | felicity, felicitousness | pleasing and appropriate manner or style (especially manner or style of expression) |
|---|---|---|---|
| state | felicity, happiness | state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy |
| Sounds | fihlih'sahtiy | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | ability ... zloty: 638 rhymes with tiy... | |
| Meaning | pleasing and appropriate manner or style (especially manner or style of expression). | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | felicitousness | |
| Attributes | felicitous | Exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style |
| infelicitous | not appropriate in application | |
| Broader | appropriateness | The quality of being specially suitable |
| Opposite | infelicity | inappropriate and unpleasing manner or style (especially manner or style of expression) |
| Spanish | ocurrencia oportuna | |
| Catalan | ocurrència oportuna | |
| Adjectives | felicitous | exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style |
| Verbs | felicitate | express congratulations |
| Meaning | state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | happiness | |
| Attributes | happy | enjoying / enjoying / enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure |
| unhappy | Experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent | |
| Narrower | blessedness, beatitude, beatification | A state of supreme happiness |
| radiance | An attractive combination of good health and happiness | |
| Broader | emotional state, spirit | The state / state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection) |
| Opposite | unhappiness | state characterized by emotions ranging from mild discontentment to deep grief |
| Spanish | dicha, felicidad | |
| Catalan | benaurança, benaventurança, felicitat, joia | |
| Adjectives | felicitous | marked by good fortune |
©2001-25 · HyperDic hyper-dictionary · Contact