Grep of noun joyful
joyfulness
Overview of adj joyful
The adj joyful has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. joyful -- (full of or producing joy; "make a joyful noise"; "a joyful occasion")
2. elated, gleeful, joyful, jubilant -- (full of high-spirited delight)
3. joyful, joyous -- (full of or suggesting exultant happiness; "a joyful heart"; "a joyful occasion"; "the joyous news"; "joyous laughter")
Antonyms of adj joyful
3 senses of joyful
Sense 1
joyful (vs. sorrowful)
sorrowful (vs. joyful)
=> anguished, tormented, tortured
=> bereaved, bereft, grief-stricken, grieving, mourning(postnominal), sorrowing(postnominal)
=> bitter
=> brokenhearted, heartbroken, heartsick
=> dolorous, dolourous, lachrymose, tearful, weeping
=> elegiac
=> grievous, heartbreaking, heartrending
=> lamentable
=> lamenting, wailing, wailful
=> lugubrious
=> mournful, plaintive
=> sad
=> woebegone, woeful
Sense 2
elated, gleeful, joyful, jubilant
INDIRECT (VIA joyous) -> joyless
Sense 3
joyful, joyous
INDIRECT (VIA happy) -> unhappy
Similarity of adj joyful
3 senses of joyful
Sense 1
joyful (vs. sorrowful)
=> beatific
=> overjoyed
Also See-> happy#1; joyous#1
Sense 2
elated, gleeful, joyful, jubilant
=> joyous (vs. joyless)
Sense 3
joyful, joyous
=> happy (vs. unhappy)
Attributes of adj joyful
Familiarity of adj joyful
joyful used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3)
Grep of adj joyful
joyful
Overview of adj joyful
The adj joyful has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. joyful -- (full of or producing joy; "make a joyful noise"; "a joyful occasion")
2. elated, gleeful, joyful, jubilant -- (full of high-spirited delight)
3. joyful, joyous -- (full of or suggesting exultant happiness; "a joyful heart"; "a joyful occasion"; "the joyous news"; "joyous laughter")
joyful definition
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