| NOUN | feeling | joy, joyousness, joyfulness | the emotion of great happiness |
|---|---|---|---|
| cognition | joy, delight, pleasure | something or someone that provides a source of happiness | |
| VERB | emotion | joy, rejoice | feel happiness or joy |
| emotion | joy, gladden | make glad or happy |
| Sounds | jhoy' | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | enjoy ... killjoy: 3 rhymes with jhoy... | |
| Meaning | The emotion of great happiness. | |
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| Synonyms | joyousness, joyfulness | |
| Narrower | elation, high spirits, lightness | A feeling of joy and pride |
| exhilaration, excitement | The feeling of lively and cheerful joy | |
| exuberance | joyful enthusiasm | |
| exultation, jubilance, jubilancy, jubilation | A feeling of extreme / extreme joy | |
| rhapsody | An enthusiastic expression of emotion | |
| Broader | emotion | Any strong feeling |
| Opposite | sorrow | An emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement |
| Spanish | alegría, gozo, ilusión, joya, júbilo, regocijo | |
| Catalan | alegria, il·lusió, joia | |
| Adjectives | joyous | full of or characterized by joy |
| Verbs | joy | feel happiness or joy |
| joy | make glad or happy | |
| Meaning | Something or someone that provides a source of happiness. | |
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| Example | "a joy to behold" | |
| Synonyms | delight, pleasure | |
| Broader | positive stimulus | A stimulus with desirable consequences |
| Spanish | alegría, deleite, delicia, gozada, gozo, placer | |
| Catalan | alegria, delit, gust, plaer | |
| Verbs | joy | make glad or happy |
| Meaning | Feel happiness or joy. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonym | rejoice | |
| Caused by | elate, lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicate | Fill with high spirits |
| Narrower | cheer, cheer up, chirk up | Become cheerful |
| exult, walk on air, be on cloud nine, jump for joy | Feel extreme / extreme happiness or elation | |
| gladden | Become glad or happy | |
| Broader | feel, experience | Undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind |
| Spanish | regocijarse | |
| Catalan | alegrar-se, alegrar | |
| Nouns | joy | the emotion of great happiness |
| Meaning | make glad or happy. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The good news will joy her | |
| Synonym | gladden | |
| Cause to | gladden | Become glad or happy |
| Narrower | overjoy | Cause to feel extremely joyful or happy |
| Opposite | sadden | make unhappy |
| Spanish | alegrar, regocijar | |
| Catalan | agradar, alegrar-se, alegrar, animar, plaure | |
| Nouns | joy | something or someone that provides a source of happiness |
| joy | the emotion of great happiness | |
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