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joy  (joi)

n.

1.

a. Intense and especially ecstatic or exultant happiness.

b. The expression or manifestation of such feeling.

2. A source or an object of pleasure or satisfaction: their only child, their pride and joy.

v. joyed, joy·ing, joys

v.intr.

To take great pleasure; rejoice.

v.tr. Archaic

1. To fill with ecstatic happiness, pleasure, or satisfaction.

2. To enjoy.

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[Middle English joie, from Old French, from Latin gaudia, pl. of gaudium, joy, from gaudre, to rejoice; see gu- in Indo-European roots.]

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joy [dʒɔɪ]

n

1. a deep feeling or condition of happiness or contentment

2. something causing such a feeling; a source of happiness

3. an outward show of pleasure or delight; rejoicing

4. Brit informal success; satisfaction I went to the bank for a loan, but got no joy

vb

1. (intr) to feel joy

2. (tr) Obsolete to make joyful; gladden

[from Old French joie, from Latin gaudium joy, from gaudēre to be glad]

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Joy 

See Also: CONTENTMENT, HAPPINESS, PLEASURE

1. Agitated with delight as a waving sea —Arabian Nights
2. Exhilaration spread through his breast like some pleasurable form of heartburn —Nadine Gordimer
3. A joyous feeling … shot up, like the grass in spring —Ivan Turgenev
4. (Heart is) as full of sunshine as a hay field —Josh Billings
5. Bliss … as though you’d suddenly swallowed a bright piece of that late afternoon sun and it burned in your bosom, sending out a little shower of sparks into every particle —Katherine Mansfield

   The simile sets the mood for one of Mansfield’s best known stories, Bliss.

6. Ecstacy warm and rich as wine —Harvey Swados
7. Elated … like a lion tamer who has at last found the whip crack which will subdue the most ferocious of his big cats —John Mortimer
8. Enjoy life like a young porpoise —George Santayana
9. Gorged with joy like a pigeon too fat to fly —Marge Piercy
10. Great joys, like griefs, are silent —Shackerley Marmion
11. Gurgle like a meadowlark —W. P. Kinsella
12. Heart … soared like a geyser —William Peden
13. Her heart became as light as a bubble —Antonia White
14. Joy careens and smashes through them like a speeding car out of control —Irving Feldman
15. Joy … felt it rumbling within him like a subterranean river —André Malraux
16. Joyful as carollers —David Leavitt
17. Joy is like the ague [malaria]; one good day between two bad ones —Danish proverb
18. Joy leaping within me … like a trout in a brook —George Garrett
19. Joy rises in me like a summer morn —Samuel Taylor Coleridge
20. Joys are bubble-like; what makes them bursts them too —P. J. Bailey
21. Joy, simple as the wildflowers —George Garrett
22. Joys … like angel visits, short and bright —John Norris

    The angel visit comparison has been as effectively linked to goodness and fame.

23. Joys met by chance … flow for us fresh and strong, like new wine when it gushes from the press —André Gide
24. The joys we’ve missed in youth are like … lost umbrellas; we musn’t spend the rest of life wondering where they are —Henry James
25. (He is) jubilant as a flag unfurled —Dorothy Parker
26. Men without joy seem like corpses —Kaethe Kolwitz
27. My heart lifted like a wave —Norman Mailer
28. Our joys are about me like a net —Iris Murdoch
29. Rose and fell, like a floating swimmer, on easygoing great waves of voluptuous joy —Christina Stead
30. A strong exhilaration ran through her like the fumes of wine —Ben Ames Williams
31. The sun in my heart comes up like a Javanese orange —Dylan Thomas
32. Their joys … ran into each other like water paints mingling to form delicate new colors —Sumner Locke Elliott
33. Triumphant as if I’d just hurled a shutout —W. P. Kinsella

    The term shutout was particularly appropriate in Kinsella’s baseball novel, Shoeless Joe. Baseball expressions do, however, work well within other contexts.

34. A wonderful feeling enveloped him, as if light were being shaken about him —John Cheever

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	joy - the emotion of great happiness       joyfulness, joyousness emotion - any strong feeling high spirits, lightness, elation - a feeling of joy and pride exultation, jubilance, jubilancy, jubilation - a feeling of extreme joy excitement, exhilaration - the feeling of lively and cheerful joy; "he could hardly conceal his excitement when she agreed" exuberance - joyful enthusiasm sorrow - an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement; "he tried to express his sorrow at her loss"
	2.	joy - something or someone that provides a source of happiness; "a joy to behold"; "the pleasure of his company"; "the new car is a delight" delight, pleasure positive stimulus - a stimulus with desirable consequences
Verb	1.	joy - feel happiness or joy rejoice chirk up, cheer up, cheer - become cheerful feel, experience - undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind; "She felt resentful"; "He felt regret" gladden - become glad or happy be on cloud nine, exult, jump for joy, walk on air - feel extreme happiness or elation
	2.	joy - make glad or happy gladden overjoy - cause to feel extremely joyful or happy; "the economic growth overjoyed the German industry"

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joy

noun

1. delight, pleasure, triumph, satisfaction, happiness, ecstasy, enjoyment, bliss, transport, euphoria, festivity, felicity, glee, exuberance, rapture, elation, exhilaration, radiance, gaiety, jubilation, hilarity, exaltation, ebullience, exultation, gladness, joyfulness, ravishment Salter shouted with joy.
delight despair, grief, misery, sorrow, unhappiness, tribulation

2. treasure, wonder, treat, prize, delight, pride, charm, thrill one of the joys of being a chef

no joy no luck (Informal) a negative, no result, no success, no satisfaction They expect no joy from the vote itself.

Quotations
"But headlong joy is ever on the wing" [John Milton The Passion]
"Things won are done; joy's soul lies in the doing" [William Shakespeare Troilus and Cressida]
"Joy cometh in the morning" Bible: Psalms 5

Translations

joy [dʒɔɪ] N (= happiness) → alegría f; (= delight) → júbilo m, regocijo m; (= source of delight) → deleite m, alegría f
to be a joy to the eye → ser un gozo para los ojos
it's a joy to hear him → es un gusto oírlo, da gusto oírlo
the joys of opera → los encantos de la ópera
the joys of camping (lit) (also hum) → los placeres del camping
to be beside o.s. with joy → no caber en sí de gozo
did you have any joy in finding it? → ¿tuviste éxito en encontrarlo?
to jump or leap for joy → saltar de alegría
no joy! → ¡sin resultado!, ¡sin éxito!
we got no joy out of it → no logramos nada, no nos sirvió de nada
to our great joy → para nuestra gran alegría ...
I wish you joy of it! (iro) → ¡que lo disfrutes!, ¡enhorabuena!

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joy [ˈdʒɔɪ] n

(= delight) → joie f
to jump for joy → sauter de joie

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joy

n

→ Freude f; to my great joy → zu meiner großen Freude; to be full of the joys of spring → froh und munter sein; she/the garden is a joy to behold → sie/der Garten ist eine Augenweide; it’s a joy to hear him → es ist eine wahre Freude or ein Genuss, ihn zu hören; this car is a joy to drive → es ist eine Freude, dieses Auto zu fahren; to wish somebody joy → jdm Glück (und Zufriedenheit) wünschen; I wish you joy (of it)! (iro) → na dann viel Spaß or viel Vergnügen!; one of the joys of this job is … → eine der erfreulichen Seiten dieses Berufs ist …; that’s the joy of this system → das ist das Schöne an diesem System ? jump

no pl (Brit inf: = success) → Erfolg m; I didn’t get much/any joy → ich hatte nicht viel/keinen Erfolg; any joy? → hat es geklappt? (inf); you won’t get any joy out of him → bei ihm werden Sie keinen Erfolg haben

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joy:

joyride

n → Spritztour f (in einem gestohlenen Auto); to take a car for a joy → (ein Auto stehlen und damit) eine Spritztour machen

joyrider

n Autodieb, der den Wagen nur für eine Spritztour will, → Joyrider(in) m(f)

joyriding

n → Joyriding nt

joystick

n (Aviat) → Steuerknüppel m; (Comput) → Joystick m

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joy [dʒɔɪ] n → gioia
to jump for joy → fare salti di gioia
I wish you joy of it! (iro) → buon pro ti faccia!
the joys of camping (also) (iro) → i piaceri del campeggio
it's a joy to hear him → è un piacere ascoltarlo
did you have any joy? → ci sei riuscito?
no joy! (fam) → niente da fare!

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joy

n joy [dʒoi]

1 great happiness The children jumped for joy when they saw the new toys. blydskap فَرَح شديد щастие radost glæde die Freude μεγάλη χαρά, ευτυχία alegría, júbilo rõõm شادمانی ilo joie שִׂמחָה आनन्द veselje vidámság kegembiraan ánægja gioia 喜び 기쁨 džiaugsmas prieks kegembiraan blijdschap glede, lykke uciecha, radość alegria bucurie радость radosť radost radost glädje ความสุขสันต์; ความปีติยินดี sevinç, neşe 歡欣歡樂 радість شادمانی hạnh phúc 欢乐

2 a cause of great happiness Our son is a great joy to us. vreugde مَصْدَر الفَرَح радост radost glæde die Freude πηγή χαράς deleite rõõm مایه خوشی ilo joie שִׂמחָה आनन्द देना sreća öröm kebahagiaan gleðiefni gioia 喜のもと 기쁨의 근원 džiaugsmas prieks menggembirakan bron van vreugde glede, fryd radość alegria bucurie радость radosť radost sreća glädjekälla, -ämne สิ่งที่ทำให้รู้สึกเป็นสุข neşe kaynağı 喜悅高興 утіха; задоволення خوشی کی وجہ niềm vui 高兴

adj joyful

filled with, showing or causing joy a joyful mood; joyful faces/news. bly, blymoedig فَرِح، مُبْتَهِج радостен plný radosti glædelig; lykkelig fröhlich, erfreulich χαρούμενος, ευχάριστος feliz rõõmus شاد؛ مسرت بخش iloinen joyeux מְשַׂמֵח हर्षित veseo, sretan örömteli gembira glaður, glaðlegur gioioso うれしい 기쁨에 넘치는 džiaugsmingas priecīgs; līksms gembira blij glad, gledelig radosny alegre bu­cu­­­ros радостный veselý, šťastný, naradostený, potešujúci radosten radostan glad, glädjande ที่เปี่ยมไปด้วยความสุข neşeli, keyifli 快樂的，令人高興的高興的 радісний; задоволений مسرت بخش hạnh phúc 高兴的

adv joyfully

met vreugde, bly بِفَرَح، بابْتِهاج весело radostně glædeligt; lykkeligt froh χαρούμενα felizmente rõõmsalt بطور مسرت بخش؛ با شادمانی iloisesti joyeusement בְּשִמחָה हर्षमयता veselo vidáman dengan gembira glaðlega gioiosamente うれしそうに 기뻐서 džiaugsmingai priecīgi; līksmi bergembira blij gledelig, jublende radośnie alegremente bucuros; cu bucurie радостно radostne radostno radosno glatt, glädjande อย่างมีความสุข neşeyle, keyifle 高興地 радісно; задоволено خوشی سے một cách hạnh phúc 高兴地

n joyfulness

blymoedigheid إبْتِهاج، فَرَح веселост radostnost glæde; lykke die Fröhlichkeit ευτυχία, χαρά alegría rõõm(sus) شادی iloisuus humeur joyeuse שִׂמְחָה आह्ललादपूर्णता veselje vidámság, öröm kegembiraan glaðværð gioiosità うれしさ 기쁨 džiaugsminga nuotaika prieks; līksme tidak bahagia blijheid glede, jubel radosny nastrój alegria veselie радость radosť radost radost glad, glädjande ความสุข neşe, keyif 高興 радість شادمانی sự vui mừng 高兴

adj joyous

joyful. bly, gelukkig فَرِح، مُبْتَهِج книж. щастлив rozradostněný glædelig; lykkelig fröhlich χαρούμενος alegre, feliz rõõmus شاد؛ مسرت بخش iloinen joyeux מָלֵא שִׂמְחָה सानन्द veseo vidám gembira gleðilegur, glaðlegur gioioso うれしい 기쁜 džiaugsmingas priecīgs; līksms sangat gembira blij glad, jublende, lykkelig radosny alegre vesel радостный rozradostený radosten radostan glad, glädjande สนุกสนาน; เบิกบานใจ neşeli, keyifli 高興的 радісний; задоволений پر مسرت vui mừng 高兴的

adv joyously

genotvol, genieting بِفَرَح، بابْتِهاج книж. щастливо radostně glædeligt; lykkeligt fröhlich χαρούμενα felizmente rõõmsalt بطور مسرت بخش؛ با شادمانی iloisesti joyeusement בְּשִׂמחָה आनन्द, रूचिकरता veselo vidáman dengan gembira glaðlega gioiosamente うれしそうに 기뻐서 džiaugsmingai priecīgi; līksmi dengan gembira blij glad, lykkelig, jublende radośnie alegremente cu veselie радостно radostne radostno radosno glatt, glädjande อย่างสนุกสนาน; อย่างเบิกบานใจ neşeyle, keyifle 快樂地 радісно; задоволено پر مسرت انداز میں một cách vui mừng 快乐地

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joy → بهجة radost glæde Freude χαρά alegría ilo joie radost gioia 喜び 기쁨 vreugde glede radość alegria радость glädje ความยินดี neşe sự vui mừng 欢乐