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joyful definition
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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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