joyous

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joyous

/ˈd͡ʒɔɪəs/

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Where it comes from

From Middle English joyous, joious, from Old French joieus, from joie + -eus.

adjective more joyous · most joyous

Full of joy; happy. I want to go on a mountain top / With a radio and good batteries / To play a joyous tune and / Free the human race / From suffering
Similar: blissome, blissy, blithe, gladsome, berserk, blissed out, buoyant, chirpy, blithesome, bonnie, bright, cheerful

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: joyful, gleeful, jovial, elated, merry, jubilant, jocund, jolly, ecstatic, rapturous, enraptured, happy, mirthful, gala, festal, festive

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adj full of joy; happy

Español	alacre
中文	高高興興 /高高兴兴 gāogāoxìngxìng, 高兴 gāoxìng, 喜悅 /喜悦 xǐyuè, 快樂 /快乐 kuàilè, 喜躍 /喜跃 xǐyuè, 歡喜 /欢喜 huānxǐ
हिन्दी	आनंदमय ānandmay
Français	joyeux
Deutsch	freudig
Română	vesel, voios, jovial
Русский	радостный radostnyj

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@misc{joyous_2026,
  title = {joyous},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/joyous},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}