Antonyms for joyousness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : joi-uh s

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒɔɪ əs

Definition of joyousness

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.

As in joie de vivre : noun cheerfulness
As in mirth : noun great joy
As in cheerfulness : noun happiness
As in cheer : noun happiness
As in elatedness : noun elation
As in jocoseness : noun gaiety
As in jocularity : noun gaiety
As in jocundity : noun gaiety
As in jolliness : noun gaiety
As in joviality : noun gaiety
As in jubilance : noun exultation
As in merriness : noun gaiety
As in mirthfulness : noun gaiety
As in alacrity : noun liveliness; promptness
As in elation : noun extreme happiness
As in euphoria : noun extreme happiness
As in exaltation : noun great joy
As in exultation : noun celebration, reveling
As in gaiety : noun happiness, celebration
As in geniality : noun extreme niceness
As in gladness : noun happiness
As in glee : noun extreme happiness

Example sentences :

And so she had gone, and with her had faded all the light and joyousness of the place.
Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith

And her brown eyes ever laughed with the joyousness which comes from health and strength.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

Funiculi, Funicula—it seemed to dance with the very spirit of joyousness.
Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill

There was a mist about things that clung to them, that clung about the joyousness in his heart.
Extract from : « Erik Dorn » by Ben Hecht

But the kennels, with all their joyousness, have sad little tragedies at times.
Extract from : « The Idler Magazine, Volume III, April 1893 » by Various

It all spoke of the freedom of the wilderness, 218and of the joyousness of life.
Extract from : « The Black Phantom » by Leo Edward Miller

In no other way can the joyousness of his drinking-songs be accounted for.
Extract from : « Jewish Literature and Other Essays » by Gustav Karpeles

The air was fresh and elastic, and diffused a spirit of life and joyousness around.
Extract from : « Flora Lyndsay » by Susan Moodie

There was a joyousness in her voice she made not the least attempt to conceal.
Extract from : « The Pagan Madonna » by Harold MacGrath

I think it is all arranged, he said, but without the joyousness of his first announcement.
Extract from : « Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 » by Various

Synonyms for joyousness

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