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English Dictionary: joyful by the DICT Development Group
2 results for joyful
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
joyful
adj
  1. full of or producing joy; "make a joyful noise"; "a joyful occasion"
    Antonym(s): sorrowful
  2. full of high-spirited delight; "a joyful heart"
    Synonym(s): elated, gleeful, joyful, jubilant
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Joyful \Joy"ful\, a.
      Full of joy; having or causing joy; very glad; as, a joyful
      heart. [bd]Joyful tidings.[b8] --Shak.
  
               My soul shall be joyful in my God.         --Is. lxi. 10.
  
               Sad for their loss, but joyful of our life. --Pope.
      -- {Joy"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Joy"ful*ness}, n.
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