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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Noun
Throughout her campaign, Harris has found better luck with an approach rooted in pragmatism and joy.—Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2024 The Festival of Lights taps into our desire for familiar experiences that foster comfort and joy.—Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
Verb
Make networking, socializing and participating in activities that bring you joy your priorities.—Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 29 June 2024 Acevedo’s treatment of magic as an everyday possibility is compelling, but there is also magic in the wonder, surprise, frustrations, and joys the characters experience in their relationships with one another.—Nicole Chung, Time, 25 July 2023 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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