"joy" Definition

Definitions for the word "joy" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
The passion or emotion excited by the acquisition or expectation of good; pleasurable feelings or emotions caused by success, good fortune, and the like, or by a rational prospect of possessing what we love or desire; gladness; exhilaration of spirits; delight.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
That which causes joy or happiness.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
The sign or exhibition of joy; gayety; mirth; merriment; festivity.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
To rejoice; to be glad; to delight; to exult.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. t.
To give joy to; to congratulate.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. t.
To gladden; to make joyful; to exhilarate.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. v. t.
To enjoy.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
1 (often foll. By at, in) pleasure; extreme gladness. 2 thing causing joy. 3 colloq. Satisfaction, success (got no joy). joyful adj. Joyfully adv. Joyfulness n. Joyless adj. Joyous adj. Joyously adv. [french joie from latin gaudium]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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