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hap⋅pi⋅ness

  [hap-ee-nis]
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–noun
1. the quality or state of being happy.
2. good fortune; pleasure; contentment; joy.
Origin:
1520–30; happy + -ness

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.

Antonyms:
1. misery.
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hap·py   (hāp'ē)   
adj.   hap·pi·er, hap·pi·est

  1. Characterized by good luck; fortunate.

  2. Enjoying, showing, or marked by pleasure, satisfaction, or joy.

  3. Being especially well-adapted; felicitous: a happy turn of phrase.

  4. Cheerful; willing: happy to help.

    1. Characterized by a spontaneous or obsessive inclination to use something. Often used in combination: trigger-happy.

    2. Enthusiastic about or involved with to a disproportionate degree. Often used in combination: money-happy; clothes-happy.


[Middle English, from hap, luck; see hap.]
hap'pi·ly adv., hap'pi·ness n.
Synonyms: These adjectives mean attended by luck or good fortune: a happy outcome; a fortunate omen; a lucky guess; a providential recovery. See Also Synonyms at glad1.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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