joy

noun · interjection · verbA1

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noun

Plural noun:

joys

1.
(countable, uncountable)A feeling of extreme happiness or cheerfulness, especially related to the acquisition or expectation of something good.
a child's joy on Christmas morning
It is his joy to walk in the rain.
Đồng nghĩa: elation, glee, blitheness, blithesomeness, cheerfulness, cheeriness, contentness, contentedness, delight, delightedness, elatedness, elation, exuberance, exuberantness, felicity, gaiety, gayness, gayfulness, gladness, gladsomeness, glee, gleefulness, gleesomeness, happiness, high spirits, hilarity, jolliness, jollity, joviality, jovialness, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, liss, merriment, merriness, mirth, mirthfulness, pleasedness
2.
(countable, uncountable)Anything that causes such a feeling.
the joys and demands of parenthood
3.
(countable, uncountable)Luck or success; a positive outcome.
4.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)The sign or exhibition of joy; gaiety; merriment; festivity.

interjection

1.
(dated, often, sarcastic)(dated, often sarcastic) Expressing appreciation and happiness.
Đồng nghĩa: hurrah, aah, alright, 'ave it, aww yeah, boo-ya, booyah, cowabunga, get in, hoo, hoorah, hooray, hurrah, hurray, huzzah, oh yeah, OMG, result, w00t, wacko, wahoo, whee, woo, wooh, woohay, woohoo, woop woop, whoo, whoop-de-doo, whoopee, yahoo, yay, yeah, yeehaw, yes, yippee, yippee-ki-yay, you beauty, zip-a-dee-doo-dah

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

joys

V_ing/Gerund

joying

V_ed/pp

joyed

1.
(intransitive)To feel joy, to rejoice.
1885, Richard Francis Burton (translator), The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 18, “Tale of the Portress,” p. 178, I swore readily enough to this and he joyed with exceeding joy and embraced me round the neck while love for him possessed my whole heart.
2.
(archaic, transitive)To enjoy.
3.
(obsolete, transitive)To give joy to; to congratulate.
4.
(obsolete, transitive)To gladden; to make joyful; to exhilarate.

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Đồng nghĩa

elationgleeblithenessblithesomenesscheerfulnesscheerinesscontentnesscontentednessdelightdelightednesselatednessexuberanceexuberantnessfelicity gaiety gaynessgayfulnessgladnessgladsomenessgleefulness

Trái nghĩa

infelicityjoylessnessunhappinessunjoybluenesstristesse mirthless bluescrestfallennessdejection depressiondespondency

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Nguồn gốc từ

The noun is from Middle English joye, borrowed from Old French joie, from gaudia, neuter plural (mistaken as feminine singular) of Latin gaudium (joy), from gaudēre (to be glad, rejoice). jo gaudy. Displaced native ġefēa.