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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Día de los Muertos is all about celebration, remembrance and joy, turning grief into a festival of life.—Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 21 Oct. 2025 There’s a part of me that wishes everyone could experience the joy that is living in a place like Lanier, even for a moment.—Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025 Galloway said the joy of actually using money—spending it or giving it away—vastly outweighs any possible upside of being one of the world’s many billionaires.—Dave Smith, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025 In India, pink is the color of warmth, welcome and joy.—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for joy
Word History
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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