joyous
/ˈd͡ʒɔɪəs/
joyous adjective: full of joy; happy.
Adjective
joyous (comparative more joyous, superlative most joyous)
- Full of joy; happy.
- I want to go on a mountain top / With a radio and good batteries / To play a joyous tune and / Free the human race / From suffering1998 November 30, Björk, “Alarm Call”, in Homogenic, One Little Indian Records, →OCLC
- Southgate and his England players repeated the scenes from the dramatic penalty shootout win over Colombia as they celebrated in front of joyous supporters at the final whistle[…]2018 July 7, Phil McNulty, “Sweden 0-2 England”, in BBC Sport
- Synonyms:
- blissome, blissy, blithe, gladsome, berserk, blissed out, buoyant, chirpy, blithesome, bonnie
joyous meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
joyous in Hindi
- full of joy; happy
- आनंदमय ānandmay
joyous in Tamil
- மகிழ்ச்சியான
joyous in Marathi
- full of joy; happy
- आनंदमय ānandmay, आनंदपूर्ण ānandpūrṇa, सानंद sānanda
joyous in Urdu
- خنداں, خوش, مگن, پرمسرت, شاداں وا فرحاں
More languagesFewer languages
- joyous in Bengali
- খুশি khuśi
- joyous in Malayalam
- സന്തോഷമുള്ള, ആഹ്ലാദം നൽകുന്ന, ആഹ്ലാദമുള്ള, ആപ്യാന
- joyous in Punjabi
- ਖ਼ੁਸ਼ xuś
- joyous in Sanskrit
- मुद्र mudrá, नन्दि nandi
Examples of joyous in a sentence
- Our ears were assailed by her joyous efforts on her new saxophone.
- Sing we joyous, all together, heedless of the wind and weather.
- Her mate answered a few seconds later, a joyous sound that echoed across the desert.
Synonyms of joyous
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Forms of joyous
| comparative | more joyous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most joyous |
Origin of joyous
From Middle English joyous, joious, from Old French joieus, from joie + -eus.
Words formed from joyous
Phrases with joyous
Questions about joyous
- What does joyous mean?
- Joyous means full of joy; happy.
- What is joyous in Hindi?
- Joyous in Hindi is आनंदमय (ānandmay). See Joyous meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is joyous?
- Joyous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce joyous?
- Joyous is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɔɪəs/.
Words near joyous in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: joyous (page history and authors); joyous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); joyous (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); খুশি (Bengali) (page history and authors); joyous (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); ਖ਼ੁਸ਼ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); नन्दि (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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