joyousness

joyousness
the state of being joyous

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  • joyousness — joyous ► ADJECTIVE chiefly literary ▪ full of happiness and joy. DERIVATIVES joyously adverb joyousness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • Joyousness — Joyous Joy ous, a. [OE. joyous, joious, joios, F. joyeux.See {Joy}.] Glad; gay; merry; joyful; also, affording or inspiring joy; with of before the word or words expressing the cause of joy. [1913 Webster] Is this your joyous city? Is. xxiii. 7.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • joyousness — noun see joyous …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • joyousness — See joyously. * * * …   Universalium

  • joyousness — n. cheerfulness, joyfulness, mirthfulness, gaiety, gladness …   English contemporary dictionary

  • joyousness — joy·ous·ness …   English syllables

  • joyousness — See: joyous …   English dictionary

  • joyousness — noun the emotion of great happiness • Syn: ↑joy, ↑joyfulness • Ant: ↑sorrow (for: ↑joy) • Derivationally related forms: ↑joyful ( …   Useful english dictionary

  • joyfulness — noun the emotion of great happiness • Syn: ↑joy, ↑joyousness • Ant: ↑sorrow (for: ↑joy) • Derivationally related forms: ↑joyful, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Exhilaration — Ex*hil a*ra tion, n. [L., exhilaratio.] 1. The act of enlivening the spirits; the act of making glad or cheerful; a gladdening. [1913 Webster] 2. The state of being enlivened or cheerful. [1913 Webster] Exhilaration hath some affinity with joy,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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