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joy·ful  (joifl)
adj.
Feeling, causing, or indicating joy. See Synonyms at glad1.

joyful·ly adv.
joyful·ness n.

joyful
Adjective
feeling or bringing great joy: joyful crowds, a joyful event
joyfully adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.joyful - full of or producing joy; "make a joyful noise"; "a joyful occasion"
happy - enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure; "a happy smile"; "spent many happy days on the beach"; "a happy marriage"
joyous - full of or characterized by joy; "felt a joyous abandon"; "joyous laughter"
sorrowful - experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss; "sorrowful widows"; "a sorrowful tale of death and despair"; "sorrowful news"; "even in laughter the heart is sorrowful"- Proverbs 14:13
2.joyful - full of high-spirited delight; "a joyful heart"
joyous - full of or characterized by joy; "felt a joyous abandon"; "joyous laughter"

joyful
adjective 2. delighted, happy, satisfied, glad, jolly, merry, gratified, pleased, jubilant, elated, over the moon (informal) jovial, rapt, enraptured, on cloud nine (informal) cock-a-hoop, floating on air, light-hearted, jocund, gladsome (archaic) blithesome, stoked Austral., N.Z. (informal)
Translations
Spanish joyful [ˈdʒɔɪful] adjalegre
French joyful [ˈdʒɔɪful], joyous [ˈdʒɔɪəs] adjjoyeux/euse
German joyful [ˈdʒɔɪful] joy adjfreudig
Italian joyful [ˈdʒɔɪful], joyous [ˈdʒɔɪəs] adjgioioso/a, allegro/a

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But he longed so passionately to tell somebody of his joyful condition that he said: 'Nikita
This is the most joyful hour he has ever given us since the day of his birth.
The atmosphere rare and pure, danger near and the spirit full of a joyful wickedness: thus are things well matched.
 
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