joyous
pronunciation
How to pronounce joyous in British English:
UK [ˈdʒɔɪəs]
How to pronounce joyous in American English:
US [ˈdʒɔɪəs]
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- Adjective:
- full of or characterized by joy
- full of or suggesting exultant happiness
Word Origin
- joyous (adj.)
- c. 1300, from Anglo-French joyous, Old French joios "happy, cheerful, merry, glad" (12c., Modern French joyeux), from joie (see joy). Related: Joyously; joyousness.
Example
- 1. This year 's march was even more joyous than usual .
- 2. Find the most joyous path for your life .
- 3. When any affinity group forms online it 's a joyous occasion .
- 4. There are many expectations created by the stories and depictions in the popular media of the " joyous " holiday season .
- 5. Her experience in the strange bed that afternoon hadn 't been joyous : there 'd been some swooning , obliterating pleasure in the preliminaries , but then too much anxiety in the clumsy arrangements , which she had known ( from her biology lessons ) would follow .