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joyful
adjective /ˈdʒɔɪ.fəl/Definition
› very happy: Christmas is such a joyful time of year. I don't have very much to feel joyful about/over at the moment.Feeling pleasure and happinessTaking pleasure in something joyfully
/-i/ adverb Feeling pleasure and happinessTaking pleasure in something joyfulness
/-nəs/ noun [U] Pleasure and happiness
(Definition of joyful adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- (as) pleased as Punch idiom
- be dancing in the streets idiom
- be floating on air idiom
- be full of the joys of spring idiom
- be in seventh heaven idiom
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- chuffed adjective
- contented adjective
- delighted adjective
- ecstatic adjective
- happy camper noun
- jaunty adjective
- joyous adjective
- jubilant adjective
- jump for joy idiom
- rapturous adjective
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- thrilled to bits idiom
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