felicific

as in joyous

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Adjective
  • Their presence becomes a brief, joyous interruption.
    Nia Bowers, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
  • The internet has shared in a joyous moment between a couple as a man saw his girlfriend's natural hair for the first time, and appeared to instantly fall in love again.
    Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Cotswolds, England Best for: travelers emphasizing the solo-ness of solo travel Sometimes, the perfect solo trip means playing up the blissful solitude.
    Road Trips, AFAR Media, 6 Aug. 2025
  • But there’s something extra special about this sudden, blissful hush.
    Elizabeth Broadbent, Miami Herald, 1 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • While a computer science degree can help, what matters most is being comfortable with large language models, natural language processing, and basic programming.
    Sho Dewan, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Montgomery said the organization wants the space to feel comfortable for whoever comes into the colorful waiting room.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • How Indianapolis Motor Speedway responded to 'Speedway Slammer' Penske Entertainment, owner of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, isn't happy with Homeland Security's use of an IndyCar chassis in imagery announcing the plan to house ICE detainees in an Indiana detention center.
    Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 7 Aug. 2025
  • While longtime fans of the ship are still mourning the loss of the SS United States to the bottom of the ocean, some were happy with the new museum design update.
    Danny Freeman, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The movie’s most affecting moments are between Lynette and her brother, played with disarming cheerful innocence by Gottsagen and with alarming distress when Kenny is placed in tense situations.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Buc-ee the Beaver, the cheerful mascot in a red cap, is featured on eye-catching red and yellow billboards that beckon travelers from miles away along the interstate.
    Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 13 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Manager Will Venable was glad to continue writing Robert’s name in the Sox lineup.
    LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 2 Aug. 2025
  • And the entire game turning into an arduous light level slog, light level being something that most players were glad to see almost entirely left behind the last few years, is exhausting.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Thanks to amiable year-round weather apart from the heat, some choose to live part-time (or full-time) on their boats.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 12 Aug. 2025
  • That would be Britain Covey, an amiable, 5-foot-8 wide receiver and punt returner who’s so diminutive that he’s been denied entry into players’ parking lots in the past and recently was mistaken for a member of the Rams’ front office.
    Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 5 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • By 2015, however, Huntington Park had become so hospitable to immigrants that a city councilmember appointed two of them living in the country illegally to serve on city commissions — a first in California.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2025
  • One expert associated with RMS Titanic, Inc. remarked that outer space was more hospitable and easier to reach.
    Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 6 July 2025
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“Felicific.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/felicific. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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