Antonyms for joyous

Grammar : Adj

Spell : joi-uh s

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒɔɪ əs

Definition of joyous

Origin : c.1300, from Anglo-French joyous, Old French joios "happy, cheerful, merry, glad" (12c., Modern French joyeux), from joie (see joy). Related: Joyously; joyousness.

adj happy

Example sentences :

At this season of the year the vintagers are joyous and negligent.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various

With a joyous cry of "J. Elfreda, where, oh, where did you come from?"
Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower

In such directions, Aggie was the leader, an eager, joyous one always.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

Low she crouched, and her call to Lauzanne was but a joyous whisper.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

I would not wish to be unbecomingly attired on so joyous an occasion.
Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various

The lady uttered a joyous exclamation, and seized the letter.
Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

She sang as she went about them, and the words were those of a joyous hymn.
Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

Lucy Ann could have called out to them, in joyous understanding, they looked so free.
Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

He was a joyous child, as joyous as if no shadow had ever rested on his mother's heart.
Extract from : « Hetty's Strange History » by Anonymous

She gave one look, and held out both hands with a joyous cry.
Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit

Synonyms for joyous

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