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   joy

   /dʒɔɪ/

   noun

   • 1. a feeling of great pleasure and happiness: "tears of joy" Similar delightgreat pleasurejoyfulnessjubilationtriumphexultationrejoicinghappinessgladnessgleeexhilarationebullienceexuberanceelationeuphoriablissecstasytransports of delightraptureradianceenjoymentgratificationfelicitycloud nineseventh heavenjoie de vivrehumorous:delectationliterary:joyousnessrare:jouissanceravishmentjocunditypleasuresource of pleasuredelighttreatthrillinformal:buzzkickOpposite miserydespairtrialtribulation
   • ▪ a thing that causes joy: "the joys of country living"
   • ▪ success or satisfaction: "you'll get no joy out of her" Similar successsatisfactionlucksuccessful resultpositive resultaccomplishmentachievement

   verb

   • 1. rejoice: literary "I felt shame that I had ever joyed in his discomfiture or pain"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French joie, based on Latin gaudium, from gaudere ‘rejoice’.

   Scrabble Points: 13

   • J

     8

   • O

     1

   • Y

     4

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