Synonyms for joyousness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : joi-uh s
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒɔɪ əs

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Définition 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

Antonyms for joyousness

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