English > joyousness: 1 sense > noun 1, feeling| Meaning | The emotion of great happiness. |
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| Synonyms | joy, joyfulness |
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| Narrower | elation, high spirits, lightness | A feeling of joy and pride |
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| 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 |
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| Opposite | sorrow | An emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement |
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| Spanish | alegría, gozo, ilusión, joya, júbilo, regocijo |
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| Catalan | alegria, il·lusió, joia |
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| Adjectives | joyous | full of or characterized by joy |
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