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Synonyms & Antonyms of joyful
experiencing pleasure, satisfaction, or delight
- the news of the child's safe return made us all joyful
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Words Related to joyful
- beatific,
- ecstatic,
- elated,
- enraptured,
- entranced,
- euphoric,
- exhilarated,
- intoxicated,
- rapturous,
- rhapsodic
- (also rhapsodical)
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“Joyful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/joyful. Accessed 6 Oct. 2022.
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The first known use of joyful was in the 13th century
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