happiness

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The emotion of being happy; joy; elation.

   seek happiness

2. 2
   noun

   Prosperity, thriving, wellbeing.

   We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

3. 3
   noun

   Good luck; good fortune.

   All happineſſe bechance to thee in Millaine.

4. 4
   noun

   Fortuitous elegance; unstudied grace, used especially of language.

   Some Beauties yet, no Precepts can declare, / For there's a Happineſs as well as Care.

5. 5
   noun

   emotions experienced when in a state of well-being

6. 6
   noun

   state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy

Etymology

From happy + -ness.