Joyous

a.

1.

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? - Is. xxiii. 7. They all as glad as birds of joyous prime. - Spenser. And joyous of our conquest early won. - Dryden.

Adj.	1.	joyous - full of or characterized by joy; "felt a joyous abandon" Antonyms: joyless - not experiencing or inspiring joy; "a joyless man"; "a joyless occasion"; "joyless evenings"
	2.	joyous - full of or suggesting exultant happiness; "a joyful heart"; "a joyful occasion"; "the joyous news"; "joyous laughter" Synonyms: joyful

animating, beaming, beatific, beatified, blessed, blissful, buxom, capering, cheering, cheery, chirping, convivial, dancing, ecstatic, encouraging, enlivening, exhilarating, festal, festive, flushed with joy, frivolous, gala, glad, gladdening, gladsome, glowing, happy, heart-warming, heartening, hilarious, inspiring, inspiriting, invigorating, jocular, jocund, jovial, joyful, laughing, laughter-loving, leaping, lighthearted, merrymaking, mirth-loving, mirthful, on the loose, purring, radiant, rapturous, rejoicing, risible, singing, smiling, smirking, sparkling, starry-eyed, thrice happy, transported

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