joyful

joy·ful

adjective \ˈjȯi-fəl\

Definition of JOYFUL

: experiencing, causing, or showing joy : happy

— joy·ful·ly \-fə-lē\ adverb

— joy·ful·ness noun

Examples of JOYFUL

1. We were joyful at the news.
2. <the news of the child's safe return made us all joyful>

First Known Use of JOYFUL

13th century

Related to JOYFUL

Synonyms

blissful, chuffed [British], delighted, gratified, happy, glad, joyous, pleased, satisfied, thankful, tickled

Antonyms

displeased, dissatisfied, joyless, sad, unhappy, unpleased, unsatisfied

Related Words

beaming, blithe, blithesome, buoyant, cheerful, cheery, gay, gladsome, lighthearted, sunny, upbeat; gleeful, jocund, jolly, jovial, laughing, merry, mirthful, smiling; beatific, ecstatic, elated, enraptured, entranced, euphoric, exhilarated, intoxicated, rapturous, rhapsodic (also rhapsodical); exuberant, exultant, jubilant, rapt, rejoicing, thrilled; hopeful, optimistic, rosy, sanguine

Near Antonyms

abject, aggrieved, anguished, blue, brokenhearted, dejected, depressed, despondent, disconsolate, disheartened, downcast, downhearted, forlorn, melancholy; doleful, dolorous, lachrymose, mournful, plaintive, sorrowful, sorry, woeful; black, dark, desolate, dispirited, gloomy, glum, gray (also grey), grieved, heartbroken, heartsick, miserable, woebegone, wretched