joy
Noun
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The emotion of great happiness (synset 107542591)
hypernym: emotion - any strong feelinghyponym:
- rhapsody - an enthusiastic expression of emotion
- elation, high spirits, lightness - a feeling of joy and pride
- exultation, jubilance, jubilancy, jubilation - a feeling of extreme joy
- excitement, exhilaration - the feeling of lively and cheerful joy
- exuberance - joyful enthusiasm
synonym: joyfulness, joyousness -
Something or someone that provides a source of happiness (synset 105838106)
"a joy to behold"; "the pleasure of his company"; "the new car is a delight"hypernym: positive stimulus - a stimulus with desirable consequences
Verb
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Feel happiness or joy (synset 201817851)
hypernym: experience, feel - undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mindhyponym:
- cheer, cheer up, chirk up - become cheerful
- gladden - become glad or happy
- be on cloud nine, exult, jump for joy, walk on air - feel extreme happiness or elation
synonym: rejoice -
Make glad or happy (synset 201817466)
cause: gladden - become glad or happyhyponym: overjoy - cause to feel extremely joyful or happysynonym: gladden
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