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joy·ful    Audio Help   [joi-fuhl] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.full of joy, as a person or one's heart; glad; delighted.
2.showing or expressing joy, as looks, actions, or speech.
3.causing or bringing joy, as an event, a sight, or news; delightful: the joyful announcement of their marriage.
[Origin: 1250–1300; ME; see joy, -ful]

—Related forms
joy·ful·ly, adverb
joy·ful·ness, noun

—Synonyms 1. joyous, happy, blithe; buoyant, elated, jubilant. See gay.
—Antonyms 1. melancholy.
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joy·ful    Audio Help   (joi'fəl)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Feeling, causing, or indicating joy. See Synonyms at glad1.

joy'ful·ly adv., joy'ful·ness n.
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joyful

adjective
1. full of or producing joy; "make a joyful noise"; "a joyful occasion" [ant: genus vibrio] 
2. full of high-spirited delight; "a joyful heart" [syn: elated] 

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ˈjoyful adjective
filled with, showing or causing joy
Example: a joyful mood; joyful faces/news
Arabic: فَرِح، مُبْتَهِج
Chinese (Simplified): 高兴的
Chinese (Traditional): 高興的
Czech: plný radosti
Danish: glædelig; lykkelig
Dutch: blij
Estonian: rõõmus
Finnish: iloinen
French: joyeux
German: fröhlich, erfreulich
Greek: χαρούμενος, ευχάριστος
Hungarian: örömteli
Icelandic: glaður, glaðlegur
Indonesian: gembira
Italian: gioioso
Japanese: うれしい
Korean: 기쁨에 넘치는
Latvian: priecīgs; līksms
Lithuanian: džiaugsmingas
Norwegian: glad, gledelig
Polish: radosny
Portuguese (Brazil): alegre
Portuguese (Portugal): alegre
Romanian: bu­cu­­­ros
Russian: радостный
Slovak: veselý, šťastný, naradostený, potešujúci
Slovenian: radosten
Spanish: feliz
Swedish: glad, glädjande
Turkish: neşeli, keyifli
See also: joyous, joy, "joyful" in any language

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Joyful

Joy"ful\, a. Full of joy; having or causing joy; very glad; as, a joyful heart. "Joyful tidings." --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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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