Definition of joy

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Joy (n.) The sign or exhibition of joy; gayety; mirth; merriment; festivity.

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Felicity :: Felicity (n.) The state of being happy; blessedness; blissfulness; enjoyment of good.
Sublime :: Sublime (superl.) Elevated by joy; elate.
Gleesome :: Gleesome (a.) Merry; joyous; gleeful.
Congratulate :: Congratulate (v. t.) To address with expressions of sympathetic pleasure on account of some happy event affecting the person addressed; to wish joy to.
Tontine :: Tontine (n.) An annuity, with the benefit of survivorship, or a loan raised on life annuities with the benefit of survivorship. Thus, an annuity is shared among a number, on the principle that the share of each, at his death, is enjoyed by the survivors, until at last the whole goes to the last survivor, or to the last two or three, according to the terms on which the money is advanced. Used also adjectively; as, tontine insurance..
Heigh-ho :: Heigh-ho (interj.) An exclamation of surprise, joy, dejection, uneasiness, weariness, etc..
Enthusiasm :: Enthusiasm (n.) Lively manifestation of joy or zeal.
Desire :: Desire (v. t.) The natural longing that is excited by the enjoyment or the thought of any good, and impels to action or effort its continuance or possession; an eager wish to obtain or enjoy..
Vest :: Vest (n.) To clothe with possession; as, to vest a person with an estate; also, to give a person an immediate fixed right of present or future enjoyment of; as, an estate is vested in possession..
Lighten :: Lighten (v. t.) To free from trouble and fill with joy.
Season :: Season (v. t.) Hence, to fit for enjoyment; to render agrecable..
Foretaste :: Foretaste (n.) A taste beforehand; enjoyment in advance; anticipation.
Festive :: Festive (a.) Pertaining to, or becoming, a feast; festal; joyous; gay; mirthful; sportive..
Regret :: Regret (v.) Pain of mind on account of something done or experienced in the past, with a wish that it had been different; a looking back with dissatisfaction or with longing; grief; sorrow; especially, a mourning on account of the loss of some joy, advantage, or satisfaction..
Felicitate :: Felicitate (v. t.) To express joy or pleasure to; to wish felicity to; to call or consider (one's self) happy; to congratulate.
Nowel :: Nowel (n.) Christmas; also, a shout of joy at Christmas for the birth of the Savior..
Exclusive :: Exclusive (a.) Having the power of preventing entrance; debarring from participation or enjoyment; possessed and enjoyed to the exclusion of others; as, exclusive bars; exclusive privilege; exclusive circles of society..
Jubilee :: "Jubilee (n.) The joyful commemoration held on the fiftieth anniversary of any event; as, the jubilee of Queen Victoria's reign; the jubilee of the American Board of Missions..
Blessed :: Blessed (a.) Enjoying, or pertaining to, spiritual happiness, or heavenly felicity; as, the blessed in heaven..
Smile :: Smile (v. i.) To look gay and joyous; to have an appearance suited to excite joy; as, smiling spring; smiling plenty..
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