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joyous

/ˈd͡ʒɔɪəs/adjective2 syllables

Joyous means: full of or characterized by joy.

Synonyms for joyous27

adjective, as in full of or characterized by joy

ecstatic, enraptured, rapturous, rapt, rhapsodic, elated, gleeful, joyful, jubilant, gay, festal, festive, merry, jocund, jolly, jovial, mirthful, happy

also used for joyous

blissome, blissy, blithe, gladsome, berserk, blissed out, buoyant, chirpy, blithesome

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Opposites of joyous

joyless

What does joyous mean?1

adjective

1

full of or characterized by joy“felt a joyous abandon”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Joyous in a sentence

  • They reached the castle in safety, amid a thousand joyous acclamations.Hybrid
  • May happiness and joy come to you as you celebrate this joyous day.CM
  • Succeeding years became more tiresome and uneventful than the nymph's joyous spirit loved.Hybrid
  • To Boris's joyous surprise, there was a payphone there.Amastan
  • She was in a celebratory, joyous mood.sundown
  • It was a joyous morning for the cat, but a great tragedy for the now-orphaned chicks.unknown
  • Top surgery is a joyous thing.shekitten
  • Spring in Algeria is a joyous time.Amastan

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