Joyousness (original) (raw)

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The emotion of great happinessplay

Synonyms:

joy; joyfulness; joyousness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("joyousness" is a kind of...):

emotion (any strong feeling)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "joyousness"):

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)

Derivation:

joyous (full of or characterized by joy)

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