(n.) 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.
(n.) That which causes joy or happiness.
(n.) The sign or exhibition of joy; gayety; mirth; merriment; festivity.
(n.) To rejoice; to be glad; to delight; to exult.
(v. t.) To give joy to; to congratulate.
(v. t.) To gladden; to make joyful; to exhilarate.
(v. t.) To enjoy.
Example Sentences:
(1) This frees the student to experience the excitement and challenge of learning and the joy of helping people.
(2) It came in a mix of joy and sorrow and brilliance under pressure, with one of the most remarkable things you will ever see on a basketball court in the biggest moment.
(3) His greatest legacy, besides his three children, is the joy and happiness he offered to others, particularly to those fighting personal battles.
(4) An untiring advocate of the joys and merits of his adopted home county, Bradbury figured Norfolk as a place of writing parsons, farmer-writers and sensitive poets: John Skelton, Rider Haggard, John Middleton Murry, William Cowper, George MacBeth, George Szirtes.
(5) He'll watch Game of Thrones , from now on, as a cheerfully clueless fan, "with total surprise and joy", and meanwhile get on with other work.
(6) José Mourinho ended this breathless contest on his knees with a sliding, turf-surfing celebration that was fuelled by relief as much as joy.
(7) But in the event, two US writers have made the final round of this year's award: Joshua Ferris and Karen Joy Fowler .
(8) It's no surprise that one of the last things Ian Curtis of Joy Division did before hanging himself was to watch Herzog's Stroszeck (1977).
(9) But all that has changed since I discovered the sheer joy of hunting down items with “reduced” stickers at my local Waitrose.
(10) "She's very agile as a performer, and is able to deliver again and again so it's a very joyful watch."
(11) Many of my friends have been crying with joy this week.
(12) Waitrose evokes strong opinions: from sniffy derision about the supermarket's perceived airs and graces to expressions of joy from middle-class incomers when their gentrified area is blessed with a branch.
(13) He didn't go to university, but says he discovered the joy of learning for learning's sake when he was tutored on the Harry Potter sets.
(14) But their joy didn't last long; a week later, 11 rhino were found on a single day at two private ranches northwest of Johannesburg.
(15) To everyone's joy, both stories turned out to be true.
(16) The experiences that most often led to high levels of joy were those referrable to positive emotional events.
(17) However, nerves among the Stoke fans subsequently turned to joy and relief as a substitute, Mame Biram Diouf, headed in with seven minutes to go and confirmed victory.
(18) When Gould almost dies one night, and the next morning is instead given three or four days to live, she experiences a strange joy at the extra time granted, more precious hours to talk with him about their twin passions, Queens Park Rangers and the Labour party, more time to help him get his book finished.
(19) Vic Goddard, principal of Passmores academy in neighbouring Essex, the school featured in the TV series Educating Essex, who recently published a book about the joys of headship, The Best Job In The World, says the document spells out what is going on across the country.
(20) Joshua Ferris's novel about dentistry, virtual identity and the search for meaning is bitingly funny; Karen Joy Fowler draws on studies of chimpanzee behaviour to consider what it is that makes us human.
Overjoy
Definition:
(v. t.) To make excessively joyful; to gratify extremely.
(n.) Excessive joy; transport.
Example Sentences:
(1) We are overjoyed for Ashley and her fiancée, and we wish them the very best."
(2) The new MP, Marsha de Cordova, sounded overjoyed, after what was widely regarded as an especially energetic campaign.
(3) Mark Sampson was overjoyed to see his Lionesses become the first England team of either gender to reach a World Cup semi final since Sir Bobby Robson’s side reached the last four at Italia 90.
(4) US congressman Luis Gutiérrez celebrated Obama’s decision on Tuesday, saying in a statement, “I am overjoyed and overwhelmed with emotion.
(5) Lionaid, a UK-based charity that is calling for the UK to follow suit with a ban on lion trophy imports, said it was “overjoyed” by the move.
(6) We are absolutely overjoyed to bring Siem to the club because he will give us intelligence in the final third and create goalscoring situations, which we lacked towards the end of last season,” the Newcastle manager, Alan Pardew, said.
(7) Facebook Twitter Pinterest World Cup 2014: Brazil fans overjoyed by win over Cameroon – video There is still work to do and Chile will take encouragement from the way that Cameroon opened Brazil up in the opening 45 minutes, when the defensive limitations of Dani Alves were once again exposed.
(8) Tell them their work was about to disappear from that conversation without the production of a credit card, and they would not be overjoyed unless they knew it was the only answer in business terms.
(9) Informing Mo Yan of his win today, Englund said the author, who was at the home in China where he lives with his 90-year-old father – was "overjoyed and scared".
(10) Yet most US eco-campaigners were overjoyed by Chu's appointment last year.
(11) And Tony Abbott must’ve been overjoyed to discover he could saddle Turnbull with the most difficult and absurd portfolio to sell – opposing the hugely popular and globally applauded National Broadband Network (NBN).
(12) Critics said it was too low to be a true living wage , but IDS was overjoyed.
(13) I spoke to them them this afternoon, and they were just overjoyed.
(14) Mark Roberts, chief superintendent with the local Trafford police force, admits he was not overjoyed when he heard the Warehouse Project was upping sticks from its old location in the city centre to a site near the Old Trafford football ground in his district last year.
(15) No one is more overjoyed than a lightly regulated building industry.
(16) The outside world, overjoyed by the election of America’s first black president just eight years ago, is asking: how did it come to this?
(17) I’m sure Angela Merkel must have been overjoyed, but it strikes me that if the main thrust of economic policy is that the rest of Europe deflates against an already competitive Germany, then the outlook for Europe is grim indeed.
(18) If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?” said Francis shortly after his election and the liberal commentariat was overjoyed.
(19) Jennifer Lawrence, who was nominated for best actress for the third time for Joy, the biopic of Miracle Mop inventor Joy Mangano, said: “I am beyond grateful and humbled by this nomination ... For me, working with David O. Russell has been nothing short of extraordinary, and I share this nomination with him as well as our incredible supporting cast.” Brie Larson, also nominated for best actress for Room, tweeted that she was “overjoyed”.
(20) I am overjoyed to finally have an answer and a treatment, but also sad about the opportunities not taken and times with friends and family that I have missed.