happiness
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iRelated forms
o·ver·hap·pi·ness, noun
Synonyms
1, 2. pleasure, joy, exhilaration, bliss, contentedness, delight, enjoyment, satisfaction. Happiness, bliss, contentment, felicity imply an active or passive state of pleasure or pleasurable satisfaction. Happiness results from the possession or attainment of what one considers good: the happiness of visiting one's family. Bliss is unalloyed happiness or supreme delight: the bliss of perfect companionship. Contentment is a peaceful kind of happiness in which one rests without desires, even though every wish may not have been gratified: contentment in one's surroundings. Felicity is a formal word for happiness of an especially fortunate or intense kind: to wish a young couple felicity in life.
1, 2. pleasure, joy, exhilaration, bliss, contentedness, delight, enjoyment, satisfaction. Happiness, bliss, contentment, felicity imply an active or passive state of pleasure or pleasurable satisfaction. Happiness results from the possession or attainment of what one considers good: the happiness of visiting one's family. Bliss is unalloyed happiness or supreme delight: the bliss of perfect companionship. Contentment is a peaceful kind of happiness in which one rests without desires, even though every wish may not have been gratified: contentment in one's surroundings. Felicity is a formal word for happiness of an especially fortunate or intense kind: to wish a young couple felicity in life.
Antonyms
1. misery.
1. misery.
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| —adj , -pier, -piest | |
| 1. | feeling, showing, or expressing joy; pleased |
| 2. | willing: I'd be happy to show you around |
| 3. | causing joy or gladness |
| 4. | fortunate; lucky: the happy position of not having to work |
| 5. | aptly expressed; appropriate: a happy turn of phrase |
| 6. | informal (postpositive) slightly intoxicated |
| —interj | |
| 7. | (in combination): happy birthday; happy Christmas |
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Example sentences
In even a dark, dark time you can find happiness.
This Declaration proclaims that among the inalienable rights of man are "liberty and the pursuit of happiness".
There may be a literal truth underlying the common-sense intuition that happiness and sadness are contagious.
From a professional perspective, this development does not make for happiness.
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