Noun
Their sorrow turned to joy.
I can hardly express the joy I felt at seeing her again.
Seeing her again brought tears of joy to my eyes.
The flowers are a joy to behold!
What a joy it was to see her again. Verb
the whole town is joying in the fact that its oldest church has been restored to its Victorian splendor
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Noun
Moments of joy, oliberated by unforgettable sadness.—Peter Debruge, Variety, 8 June 2025 His show recreates the joy of his journey, the sense of wonder, the three-decade progression in style and substance that made Wayne one of the greatest rappers of the modern era.—Abe Beame, Rolling Stone, 7 June 2025 Yet moments of sheer joy arrived sparingly, a balance in a greater storytelling arc involving introspection, anger, reflection, comfort, struggle, fear, confusion and spirituality.—Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 7 June 2025 On the other side, both Trump and Musk haters were overcome with joy, and the resultant posts harkened back to the pre-X golden era of Twitter.—Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 6 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for joy
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Etymology
Noun and Verb
Middle English, from Anglo-French joie, from Latin gaudia, plural of gaudium, from gaudēre to rejoice; probably akin to Greek gēthein to rejoice
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