rejoicing

rejoicing

noun

Definition of REJOICING

1

: the action of one that rejoices

2

: an instance, occasion, or expression of joy : festivity

Examples of REJOICING

1. <there was great rejoicing at the launch party for the book>

First Known Use of REJOICING

14th century

Related to REJOICING

Synonyms: conviviality, festivity, gaiety (also gayety), jollification, jollity, merriment, merrymaking, reveling (or revelling), revelry, whoopee

Related Words: carousal, carouse; delight, diversion, entertainment, fun, mischief, pleasure, recreation, riot; cheer, cheerfulness, cheeriness, glee, gleefulness, hilarity, joviality, merriness, mirth, mirthfulness; carnival, celebration, festival, party, revel; frolicking, gamboling (or gambolling), rollicking, romping; enjoyment, happiness, joy; binge, fling, frolic, gambol, lark, rollick, romp, spree; buffoonery, clownery, clownishness, flippancy, frivolity, funning, jesting, jocularity, joking, joshing, levity, lightheartedness, playfulness, zaniness

Near Antonyms: blackness, darkness, dolefulness, dolor, gloom, gloominess, glumness, grief, heartache, heartbreak, heartsickness, miserableness, misery, mournfulness, mourning, woe, wretchedness; dejection, depression, despondence, despondency, disconsolateness, dispiritedness, doldrums, downheartedness, dumps, forlornness, joylessness, melancholy, sorrow, unhappiness

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