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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Joyful \Joy"ful\, adjective Full of joy; having or causing joy; very glad; as, a joyful heart. ''Joyful tidings.'' --Shak.
My soul shall be joyful in my God. --Is. lxi. 10.
Sad for their loss, but joyful of our life. --Pope. -- {Joy"ful*ly}, adverb -- {Joy"ful*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
joyful
adjective
1: full of or producing joy; "make a joyful noise"; "a joyful occasion" [ant: {sorrowful}]
2: full of high-spirited delight [syn: {elated}, {gleeful}, {jubilant}]
3: full of or suggesting exultant happiness; "a joyful heart"; "a joyful occasion"; "the joyous news"; "joyous laughter" [syn: {joyous}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
79 Moby Thesaurus words for "joyful": animating, beaming, beatific, beatified, blessed, blissful, blithe, blithesome, buoyant, buxom, capering, cheerful, cheering, cheery, chirping, convivial, dancing, delighted, ecstatic, effervescent, elated, encouraging, enlivening, exhilarated, exhilarating, expansive, exultant, festal, festive, flushed with joy, frivolous, gala, gay, glad, gladdening, gladsome, gleeful, glowing, gratified, happy, heart-warming, heartening, hilarious, in heaven, in seventh heaven, inspiring, inspiriting, invigorating, jocular, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyous, jubilant, laughing, laughter-loving, leaping, light-hearted, lighthearted, merry, merrymaking, mirth-loving, mirthful, on cloud nine, on the loose, overjoyed, pleased, purring, radiant, rejoicing, risible, singing, smiling, smirking, sparkling, starry-eyed, sunny, thrice happy, tickled pink
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