 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
rejoicing
adjective: joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success;
"rejoicing crowds filled the streets on VJ Day"; "a
triumphal success"; "a triumphant shout" [syn: {exultant},
{exulting}, {jubilant}, {prideful}, {triumphal}, {triumphant}]
noun
1: a feeling of great happiness
2: the utterance of sounds expressing great joy [syn: {exultation},
{jubilation}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Rejoicing \Re*joi"cing\ (-s?ng), noun
1. Joy; gladness; delight.
We should particularly express our rejoicing by love
and charity to our neighbors. --R. Nelson.
2. The expression of joy or gladness.
The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the
tabernacles of the righteous. --Ps. cxviii.
15.
3. That which causes to rejoice; occasion of joy.
Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage forever,
for they are the rejoicing of my heart. --Ps. cxix.
111.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Rejoice \Re*joice"\ (r[-e]*jois"), verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p.
{Rejoiced} (-joist"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Rejoicing}
(-joi"s?ng).] [OE. rejoissen, OF. resjouir, resjoir, F.
r['e]jouir; pref. re- re- + OF. esjouir, esjoir, F.
['e]jouir, to rejoice; pref. es- (L. ex-) + OF. jouir, joir,
F. jouir, from L. gaudere to rejoice. See {Joy}.]
To feel joy; to experience gladness in a high degree; to have
pleasurable satisfaction; to be delighted. ''O, rejoice
beyond a common joy.'' --Shak.
I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy. --Ps. xxxi. 7.
Syn: Syn. To delight; joy; exult; triumph.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
54 Moby Thesaurus words for "rejoicing":
anniversaries, buxom, celebrating, celebration, ceremony,
commemoration, delighting, dressing ship, elate, elated, exultant,
exulting, fanfare, fanfaronade, festivity, flourish of trumpets,
flushed, frivolous, gleeful, hilarious, holiday, jocular, jocund,
jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, jubilant, jubilee, laughter-loving,
marking the occasion, memorialization, memory, merry, mirth-loving,
mirthful, observance, ovation, religious rites, remembrance, revel,
risible, rite, ritual observance, salute, salvo, solemn observance,
solemnization, testimonial, testimonial banquet,
testimonial dinner, toast, tribute, triumph
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