joyful
Americanadjective
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full of joy, as a person or one's heart; glad; delighted.
- Antonyms:
- melancholy
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showing or expressing joy, as looks, actions, or speech.
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causing or bringing joy, as an event, a sight, or news; delightful.
the joyful announcement of their marriage.
adjective
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full of joy; elated
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expressing or producing joy
a joyful look
a joyful occasion
Other Word Forms
- joyfully adverb
- joyfulness noun
- overjoyful adjective
- overjoyfully adverb
- overjoyfulness noun
- unjoyful adjective
- unjoyfully adverb
Etymology
Origin of joyful
Example Sentences
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After the victory, joyful fans wearing the team's jersey poured onto the streets from one end of the country to the other - beating drums, waving flags and setting off fireworks late into the night.
From BBC
“I’m joyful,” said Close, and the dance is just beginning.
From Los Angeles Times
Indeed, at the time of this writing we have forty-one dogs, counting the joyful madness we call the puppy pen, and each dog has taught us much.
From Literature
Bolding, who goes by Disco Day Designs, calls herself “a joyful creator who loves to intentionally transform spaces.”
From Los Angeles Times
The negativity dissipates as a young man walks into the clubhouse, baseball cap on backward for the moment, energetic and respectful and joyful and supremely confident.
From Los Angeles Times
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