'Joy' definitions:
Definition of 'joy'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Joy'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Joy'
From: GCIDE
- Joy \Joy\, v. t.
- 1. To give joy to; to congratulate. [Obs.] "Joy us of our conquest." --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- To joy the friend, or grapple with the foe. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To gladden; to make joyful; to exhilarate. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Neither pleasure's art can joy my spirits. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To enjoy. [Obs.] See Enjoy. [1913 Webster]
- Who might have lived and joyed immortal bliss. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Joy'
From: GCIDE
- Joy \Joy\ (joi), n. [OE. joye, OF. joye, joie, goie, F. joie, L. gaudia, pl. of gaudium joy, fr. gaudere to rejoice, to be glad; cf. Gr. gai`ein to rejoice, gay^ros proud. Cf. Gaud, Jewel.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- Her heavenly form beheld, all wished her joy. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Glides the smooth current of domestic joy. --Johnson. [1913 Webster]
- Who, for the joy that was set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame. --Heb. xii. 2. [1913 Webster]
- Tears of true joy for his return. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Joy is a delight of the mind, from the consideration of the present or assured approaching possession of a good. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which causes joy or happiness. [1913 Webster]
- For ye are our glory and joy. --1 Thess. ii. 20. [1913 Webster]
- A thing of beauty is a joy forever. --Keats. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The sign or exhibition of joy; gayety; mirth; merriment; festivity. [1913 Webster]
- Such joy made Una, when her knight she found. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- The roofs with joy resound. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 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.
- Syn: Gladness; pleasure; delight; happiness; exultation; transport; felicity; ecstasy; rapture; bliss; gayety; mirth; merriment; festivity; hilarity. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'joy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- amusement,
- be in heaven,
- be pleased,
- beam,
- beatification,
- beatitude,
- bewitchment,
- blessedness,
- bliss,
- blissfulness,
- caper,
- caracole,
- carol,
- cheer,
- cheerfulness,
- chirp,
- chirrup,
- clap hands,
- cloud nine,
- crow,
- crow over,
- dance,
- delectation,
- delight,
- die with delight,
- ecstasy,
- ecstatics,
- elation,
- enchantment,
- enjoyment,
- exaltation,
- exhilaration,
- exuberance,
- exult,
- feel happy,
- felicity,
- frisk,
- frivolity,
- frolic,
- fruition,
- fun,
- gaiety,
- gambol,
- gladness,
- glee,
- gleefulness,
- gloat,
- gloat over,
- glory,
- go into raptures,
- happiness,
- heaven,
- high glee,
- high spirits,
- hilariousness,
- hilarity,
- intoxication,
- jocularity,
- jocundity,
- jolliness,
- jollity,
- joviality,
- joyance,
- joyfulness,
- joyousness,
- jubilate,
- laugh,
- laughter,
- levity,
- lilt,
- merriment,
- merriness,
- mirth,
- mirthfulness,
- overhappiness,
- overjoyfulness,
- paradise,
- purr,
- rapture,
- ravishment,
- rejoice,
- revel,
- rollick,
- romp,
- seventh heaven,
- sing,
- skip,
- skip for joy,
- smile,
- sunshine,
- take great satisfaction,
- transport,
- tread on air,
- triumph,
- unalloyed happiness,
- whistle
Joy, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Joy, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
Population (2000) :
373
Housing Units (2000) :
167
Land area (2000) :
0.419880 sq. miles (1.087485 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.419880 sq. miles (1.087485 sq. km)
FIPS code :
38739
Located within :
Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location :
41.196923 N, 90.879702 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
61260
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.