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noun

Joy 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. "Her heavenly form beheld, all wished her joy." "Glides the smooth current of domestic joy." "Who, for the joy that was set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame." "Tears of true joy for his return." "Joy is a delight of the mind, from the consideration of the present or assured approaching possession of a good."

That which causes joy or happiness. "For ye are our glory and joy." "A thing of beauty is a joy forever."

The sign or exhibition of joy; gayety; mirth; merriment; festivity. "Such joy made Una, when her knight she found." "The roofs with joy resound." Note: Joy is used in composition, esp. with participles, to from many self-explaining compounds; as, joy-bells, joy-bringing, joy-inspiring, joy-resounding, etc.

Synonyms: Gladness; pleasure; delight; happiness; exultation; transport; felicity; ecstasy; rapture; bliss; gayety; mirth; merriment; festivity; hilarity.

verb

Joy v. t.

To give joy to; to congratulate. (Obs.) "Joy us of our conquest." "To joy the friend, or grapple with the foe."

To gladden; to make joyful; to exhilarate. (Obs.) "Neither pleasure's art can joy my spirits."

To enjoy. (Obs.) See Enjoy. "Who might have lived and joyed immortal bliss."

Joy v. i. (past & past part. joyed; pres. part. joying) To rejoice; to be glad; to delight; to exult. "I will joy in the God of my salvation." "In whose sight all things joy."

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Etymology of 'Joy'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Joy" Quotes from Famous Books

... contiguous to Sarawak the presence of Europeans would be hailed with joy, not only by the Dyaks, but by the Malays; and subsequently it would depend on their own conduct to what degree they retained the good-will of the natives; but with ordinary conciliation, and a decent moral restraint on their actions, I feel assured that their persons ...

— The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido - For the Suppression of Piracy • Henry Keppel

... Every word was to him a joy. Everything had happened so quickly that he hardly knew what it all meant, but he was happy. Even the sudden discipline pleased him and he was glad to be a part of it. The knowledge that a younger boy was giving him orders did not bother him. He had skill in his own line, but he saw and realized ...

— The Air Ship Boys • H.L. Sayler

... looked after, but in a neighbouring parish vestry. A mistake had been made about the woman's birthplace—she had not been baptized in the local church, and had therefore not been protected by the marvellous virtue of the local water. Unutterable was the joy and triumph of this discovery throughout the village—the wonderful character of the parish well was wonderfully vindicated—its celebrity immediately spread wider than ever. The peasantry of the ...

— Rambles Beyond Railways; - or, Notes in Cornwall taken A-foot • Wilkie Collins

... responded to me. We then commenced our march, music in front. Joy and hope beamed from every countenance. The plan was, to hasten to the house of the general, and to present to him, not a dagger at his throat, but the eagle before his eyes. It was necessary, in order to reach his house, to traverse the whole city. While on the way, I had to send an ...

— Hortense, Makers of History Series • John S. C. Abbott

... shew that this writer was nothing, it would be another instance of mutability, another blank made, another void left in the heart, another confirmation of that feeling which makes him so often complain, 'Roll on, ye dark brown years, ye bring no joy on ...

— Fragments Of Ancient Poetry • James MacPherson

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