happy, gay, jubilant, merry
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Joyous Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Joyous Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(a.)
Glad; gay; merry; joyful; also, affording or inspiring joy; with of before the word or words expressing the cause of joy.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutGlad; gay; merry; joyful; also, affording or inspiring joy; with of before the word or words expressing the cause of joy.
joyous
\joy"ous\ (?), a. [oe. joyous, joious, joios, f. joyeux.see joy.] glad; gay; merry; joyful; also, affording or inspiring joy; with of before the word or words expressing the cause of joy. is this your joyous city? xxiii. 7. they all as glad as birds of joyous prime. and joyous of our conquest early won.
Arab = a. joyous, merry, pleasant
Gorawenu = v. to be joyous
Gorawenus = a. joyous
Gorhoenus = a. extremely joyous
Hoenus = a. blithesome, joyous
Adjective
1. full of or characterized by joy; "felt a joyous abandon"
(antonym) joyless
(similar) ecstatic, enraptured, rapturous, rhapsodic
(see-also) elated
2. full of or suggesting exultant happiness; "a joyful heart"; "a joyful occasion"; "the joyous news"; "joyous laughter"
(synonym) joyful
(similar) happy
Joyous Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Joyous is the third album by Portland, Oregon-based R&B group Pleasure. It was released in 1977 and produced by jazz legend Wayne Henderson of the Crusaders.
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