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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Crowds pressed around an ice rink blasting Christmas classics, barely audible over the joyous screams of children swaying on a pendulum ride nearby.
From Barron's
Why it’s vital: If you so much as nodded your head to its joyous soundtrack, you instinctively know the answer to that question.
From Salon
We had come, like many other families, to celebrate Hanukkah, the joyous festival of lights and Jewish survival.
He’s ebullient, he’s joyous, he’s loud, he’s inclusive of everything.
From Los Angeles Times
But she said Matilda was a joyous child who spread love everywhere she went, and urged the community to do the same in her honour.
From BBC
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