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- Dictionaryjoy/dʒɔɪ/
noun
- 1. a feeling of great pleasure and happiness: "tears of joy" Similar Opposite
verb
- 1. rejoice: literary "I felt shame that I had ever joyed in his discomfiture or pain"
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The meaning of JOY is the emotion evoked by well-being, success, or good fortune or by the prospect of possessing what one desires : delight. How to use joy in a sentence.
JOY definition: 1. great happiness: 2. a person or thing that causes happiness: 3. success, action, or help: . Learn more.
JOY meaning: 1. great happiness: 2. a person or thing that causes happiness: 3. success, action, or help: . Learn more.
A joy is something or someone that makes you feel happy or gives you great pleasure.
Joy definition: the emotion of great delight or happiness caused by something exceptionally good or satisfying; keen pleasure; elation. See examples of JOY used in a sentence.
Joy is the emotion of pleasure and happiness. Joy can also be the very thing that delights you. You might find great joy in learning new vocabulary. Or not. Joy can also be used as a verb. You can joy in the fact that you have no homework for the weekend.
Definition of joy noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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. informal Brit success; satisfaction: I went to the bank for a loan, but got no joy. vb. 5. ( intr) to feel joy. 6. ( tr) obsolete to make joyful; gladden.
JOY definition: 1. a feeling of great happiness: 2. something or someone that makes you feel very happy: 3…. Learn more.
joy. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English joy1 /dʒɔɪ/ W3 noun 1 [ uncountable] great happiness and pleasure the look of joy on her face with/for joy I leaped into the air with joy. She wept for joy.
