rejoice

verb

ri-ˈjȯis How to pronounce rejoice (audio)
Definition of rejoicenext
1
as in to delight
to feel or express joy or triumph rejoiced over our unexpected victory on the soccer field

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2
as in to please
to give satisfaction to news of the enemy's surrender rejoiced a nation weary of war

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Recent Examples of rejoice On the Miami Film Festival’s Instagram post about the news, residents and film lovers rejoiced. — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026 This morning, fans of both Patricia Highsmith and Dame Helen Mirren have cause to rejoice. — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2026 New York — Millennials, rejoice … the beloved video app Vine is being resurrected. — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026 Los Angeles film fans rejoiced last month with the news that the Cinerama Dome and Arclight Cinemas venue in Hollywood — which have been shuttered since the start of the pandemic — would finally reopen. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 8 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for rejoice
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rejoice
  1. delight
  2. please
  3. glory
  4. satisfy
  5. exult
  6. warm
  7. triumph
  8. feast
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  • That perspective aligned with the enduring Italian belief that objects should delight, particularly during periods of collective hardship.
    — Adrian Madlener, Curbed, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The calendar can become a series of buildups and letdowns around the prospect of surprise delights.
    — Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of delight
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  • But all that warm, crowd-pleasing material is incongruously, fascinatingly, and not so comfortably fitted inside a story about great loss.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026
  • And for options that can please any giftee on your list, check out gourmet food calendars filled with decadent chocolates, loose-leaf teas, jams and jellies, and more.
    — Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of please
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  • Messi, at 35, led his country to glory against France, winning soccer’s ultimate prize in a pulsating match that finished 3-3 after extra time and had to be settled by a nerve-wracking penalty shootout.
    — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2022
  • If Harris can bring together a family with Indian, African, and Jewish heritage, America can glory in its diversity.
    — Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 26 Aug. 2020
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  • Hays' efforts to find a solution to the controversy satisfied neither civil right activists nor intransigent segregationists.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2026
  • Many possible configurations of the ISM could satisfy the same data, said Gregory Green, an astronomer at Westlake University in Hangzhou, China.
    — Perri Thaler, Quanta Magazine, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of satisfy
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  • The Curaçao radio broadcast team, which led the crowd in the country’s national anthem before the game, began to exult.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Le Guin’s prose and poetry mourn the dead forest and other living Earth beings while exulting at the mountain’s power.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of exult
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  • In the Loop, sit by warming firepits or in an igloo or cabana at The Godfrey Hotel’s Winter Wonderland, or admire breathtaking views at Rudolph’s Rooftop Winter Igloos at LondonHouse Chicago.
    — Allison Yates, Midwest Living, 3 Nov. 2026
  • To prevent frost from building up on the coils and stopping them from working, heating elements warm them every so often, in what’s called a defrost cycle.
    — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of warm
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  • Indeed, since the moment Abdul El-Sayed triumphed in the Democratic Senate primary, Rogers has made his views of his opponent clear.
    — Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 2 Nov. 2026
  • City stayed on course to retain the title by twice coming from behind to draw 2-2 with Brighton at home, then triumph 4-3 in the shootout.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of triumph
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  • When the game was over, the Lakers had been feasted on by the Warriors, falling 112-95 game at Chase Center.
    — Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2026
  • Galland embellished his ghouls with new characteristics not found in the original Arabic, chiefly the macabre practice of digging up graves to feast on human flesh.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of feast

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