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joyousness

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Synonyms & Antonyms of joyousness

as in joy, joyfulness

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for joyousness

blessedness,
bliss,
blissfulness,
delight,
enchantment,
exaltation,
felicity,
gladness,
happiness,
joy,
joyfulness,
pleasure

reverie,
trance

inspiration

fervor,
frenzy,
madness,
passion

cheer,
cheerfulness,
exuberance,
gaiety
(also gayety),
glee,
gleefulness,
jubilance,
jubilation,
lightheartedness

cloud nine,
ecstasy,
elatedness,
elation,
euphoria,
exhilaration,
heaven,
high,
intoxication,
paradise,
rapture,
rhapsody,
seventh heaven,
swoon,
transport

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for joyousness

misery,
sadness,
unhappiness,
woe,
wretchedness

blues,
dejection,
desolation,
despair,
despondency,
disconsolateness,
disheartenment,
dispiritedness,
doldrums,
downheartedness,
dreariness,
dumps,
forlornness,
gloom,
gloominess,
heartsickness,
melancholy,
mopes

depression

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