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Synonyms for happiest
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : hap-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæp i |
Top 10 synonyms for happiest Other synonyms for the word happiest
- accidental
- advantageous
- appropriate
- auspicious
- befitting
- blessed
- blest
- blissful
- blithe
- can't complain
- captivated
- casual
- chipper
- chirpy
- content
- convenient
- convivial
- correct
- effective
- efficacious
- enviable
- exultant
- favorable
- felicitous
- fitting
- flying high
- gay
- gleeful
- gratified
- incidental
- intoxicated
- jolly
- jubilant
- just
- laughing
- light
- lively
- looking good
- meet
- merry
- mirthful
- nice
- on cloud nine
- opportune
- overjoyed
- peaceful
- peppy
- perky
- playful
- pleasant
- pleased
- promising
- proper
- propitious
- providential
- right
- satisfactory
- seasonable
- sparkling
- successful
- suitable
- sunny
- thrilled
- tickled
- tickled pink
- timely
- up
- upbeat
- walking on air
- well-timed
Définition of happiest
Origin :- late 14c., "lucky, favored by fortune, prosperous;" of events, "turning out well," from hap (n.) "chance, fortune" + -y (2). Sense of "very glad" first recorded late 14c. Ousted Old English eadig (from ead "wealth, riches") and gesælig, which has become silly. Meaning "greatly pleased and content" is from 1520s. Old English bliðe "happy" survives as blithe. From Greek to Irish, a great majority of the European words for "happy" at first meant "lucky." An exception is Welsh, where the word used first meant "wise."
- Used in World War II and after as a suffix (e.g. bomb-happy, flak-happy) expressing "dazed or frazzled from stress." Happy medium is from 1778. Happy ending in the literary sense recorded from 1756. Happy as a clam (1630s) was originally happy as a clam in the mud at high tide, when it can't be dug up and eaten. Happy hunting ground, the reputed Indian paradise, is attested from 1840, American English. Related: Happier; happiest.
- adj in high spirits; satisfied
- adj lucky
- The happiest of us has been weary of her many a time and oft.
- Extract from : « The Hall of Fantasy (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- So he lived and so he died, the most revered and the happiest man in all his native shire.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- This is the happiest period of my life, and has been so since I left the hospital at Batavia.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- Dear Mr Clennam, make me of all the world the happiest, by saying Yes?
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- This day is the happiest I have seen since I left the land of cakes.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- If a mother's prayers could avail, you would be the happiest of human beings.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- Lady Leonora is now the happiest of wives, and your Grace the happiest of mothers.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- The evenings we spent there are amongst the happiest hours in my memory.
- Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald
- But I restore the same man to the best and happiest part of his life.
- Extract from : « The Praise of Folly » by Desiderius Erasmus
- If I can only get what I want I'll be the happiest fellow alive!
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
Antonyms for happiest
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