joyful

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈdʒɔɪfəl/ UK /ˈdʒɔɪfəl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
feeling, expressing, or causing great happiness

It was a joyful reunion after years apart.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · feeling, expressing, or... happy glad elated delighted cheerful jubilant blissful

Opposites

sad sorrowful miserable mournful

Word family

Forms joyfully

Derived forms joyfullyjoyfulness

Related forms joy joyous

Etymology

From 'joy' + '-ful'; 'joy' from Old French 'joie', from Latin 'gaudia' ('expressions of joy'), plural of 'gaudium' ('joy'), from 'gaudere' ('to rejoice').

joie Old French gaudium Latin gaudere Latin

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# joyful

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈdʒɔɪfəl/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈdʒɔɪfəl/

## Meanings
1. feeling, expressing, or causing great happiness

## Examples
- It was a joyful reunion after years apart.

## Synonyms
- happy
- glad
- elated
- delighted
- cheerful
- jubilant
- blissful

## Antonyms
- sad
- sorrowful
- miserable
- mournful

## Derived Forms
- joyfully
- joyfulness

## Related Forms
- joy
- joyous

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: joie
- Root: gaudium
- Root: gaudere

## Etymology
From 'joy' + '-ful'; 'joy' from Old French 'joie', from Latin 'gaudia' ('expressions of joy'), plural of 'gaudium' ('joy'), from 'gaudere' ('to rejoice').

## AI Etymology
Joyful comes from 'joy' + '-ful'; 'joy' from Old French 'joie', from Latin 'gaudia' ('expressions of joy'), plural of 'gaudium' ('joy'), from 'gaudere' ('to rejoice'). The historical trail runs through Old French joie, Latin gaudium and Latin gaudere. Morphologically, the surface form is analyzable into prefixes, suffixes, compounds, or participial endings that carry part of the history. In modern use it means feeling, expressing, or causing great happiness. Derived formations include joyfully, joyfulness; related forms include joy, joyous.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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