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Joy - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Joy : (noun)
1: the emotion of great happiness [syn: joyousness, joyfulness]
[ant: sorrow]
2: something or someone that provides pleasure; a source of
happiness; "a joy to behold"; "the pleasure of his
company"; "the new car is a delight" [syn: delight, pleasure]
(verb)
1: feel happiness or joy [syn: rejoice]
2: make glad or happy [syn: gladden] [ant: sadden]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Joy : \Joy\, n. [OE. joye, OF. joye, joie, goie, F. joie, L.
gaudia, pl. of gaudium joy, fr. gaudere to rejoice, to be
glad; cf. Gr. ? to rejoice, ? proud. Cf. Gaud, Jewel.]
1. 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.
Her heavenly form beheld, all wished her joy.
--Dryden.
Glides the smooth current of domestic joy.
--Johnson.
Who, for the joy that was set before him, endured
the cross, despising the shame. --Heb. xii. 2.
Tears of true joy for his return. --Shak.
Joy is a delight of the mind, from the consideration
of the present or assured approaching possession of
a good. --Locke.
2. That which causes joy or happiness.
For ye are our glory and joy. --1 Thess. ii.
20.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever. --Keats.
3. The sign or exhibition of joy; gayety; mirth; merriment;
festivity.
Such joy made Una, when her knight she found.
--Spenser.
The roofs with joy resound. --Dryden.
Note: Joy is used in composition, esp. with participles, to
from many self-explaining compounds; as, joy-hells,
joy-ringing, joy-inspiring, joy-resounding, etc.
Syn: Gladness; pleasure; delight; happiness; exultation;
transport; felicity; ecstasy; rapture; bliss; gayety;
mirth; merriment; festivity; hilarity.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Joy : \Joy\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Joyed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Joying.] [OF. joir, F. jouir. See Joy, n.]
To rejoice; to be glad; to delight; to exult.
I will joy in the God of my salvation. --Hab. iii.
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In whose sight all things joy. --Milton.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Joy : \Joy\, v. t.
1. To give joy to; to congratulate. [Obs.] ``Joy us of our
conquest.'' --Dryden.
To joy the friend, or grapple with the foe. --Prior.
2. To gladden; to make joyful; to exhilarate. [Obs.]
Neither pleasure's art can joy my spirits. --Shak.
3. To enjoy. [Obs.] See Enjoy.
Who might have lived and joyed immortal bliss.
--Milton.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Joy, IL (village, FIPS 38739)
Location: 41.19687 N, 90.87956 W
Population (1990): 452 (210 housing units)
Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 61260
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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Example Usage of Joy |
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A_NyCe: http://twitpic.com/u84ha - this is what my sickie self looks like right now. oh Joy |
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lisamarie20010: Look up to the stars/ The dark sky cries frozen tears/ Of Joy. And we smile #haiku #senryu |
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