'Joyous' definitions:
Definition of 'joyous'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Full of or characterized by joy; "felt a joyous abandon"; "joyous laughter" [ant: joyless]
Definition of 'Joyous'
From: GCIDE
- Joyous \Joy"ous\, a. [OE. joyous, joious, joios, F. joyeux.See Joy.] Glad; gay; merry; joyful; also, affording or inspiring joy; with of before the word or words expressing the cause of joy. [1913 Webster]
- Is this your joyous city? --Is. xxiii. 7. [1913 Webster]
- They all as glad as birds of joyous prime. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- And joyous of our conquest early won. --Dryden.
- Syn: Merry; lively; blithe; gleeful; gay; glad; mirthful; sportive; festive; joyful; happy; blissful; charming; delightful. -- {Joy"ous*ly}, adv. -- {Joy"ous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'joyous'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- animating,
- beaming,
- beatific,
- beatified,
- blessed,
- blissful,
- buxom,
- capering,
- cheerful,
- cheering,
- cheery,
- chirping,
- convivial,
- dancing,
- ecstatic,
- encouraging,
- enlivening,
- exhilarating,
- festal,
- festive,
- flushed with joy,
- frivolous,
- gala,
- gay,
- glad,
- gladdening,
- gladsome,
- gleeful,
- glowing,
- happy,
- heart-warming,
- heartening,
- hilarious,
- inspiring,
- inspiriting,
- invigorating,
- jocular,
- jocund,
- jolly,
- jovial,
- joyful,
- laughing,
- laughter-loving,
- leaping,
- lighthearted,
- merry,
- merrymaking,
- mirth-loving,
- mirthful,
- on the loose,
- purring,
- radiant,
- rapturous,
- rejoicing,
- risible,
- singing,
- smiling,
- smirking,
- sparkling,
- starry-eyed,
- thrice happy,
- transported