joyous
Americanadjective
adjective
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having a happy nature or mood
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joyful
Other Word Forms
- joyously adverb
- joyousness noun
- overjoyous adjective
- overjoyously adverb
- overjoyousness noun
- unjoyous adjective
- unjoyously adverb
Etymology
Origin of joyous
1275–1325; Middle English < Anglo-French; Old French joios. See joy, -ous
Example Sentences
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Although attendees were mourning, the event was joyous and featured traditional Hannukah treats of latkes, which are fried potato pancakes, and sufganiyot, which are jelly doughnuts.
From Los Angeles Times
"It's also really funny, it's really heartfelt, it's really joyous in places," he said.
From BBC
The scenes of revelry from a joyous Venezuelan diaspora celebrating from Miami to Madrid were not repeated here.
From Los Angeles Times
Needless to say, they’re bad news for their stocks—and they’re often overlooked because they follow the most joyous time of the year.
From Barron's
“It’s not always full of activism and all these ideas about humanity and the world. It’s more of a joyous, less stressful task.”
From Los Angeles Times
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