joyous
adj/ˈd͡ʒɔɪəs/
Etymology From Middle English joyous, joious, from Old French joieus, from joie + -eus.
1
Full of joy; happy.
- I want to go on a mountain top / With a radio and good batteries / To play a joyous tune and / Free the human race / From suffering1998 November 30, Björk, “Alarm Call”, in Homogenic, One Little Indian Records, →OCLC:
- Southgate and his England players repeated the scenes from the dramatic penalty shootout win over Colombia as they celebrated in front of joyous supporters at the final whistle[…]2018 July 7, Phil McNulty, “Sweden 0-2 England”, in BBC Sport:
- Derived terms
- joyously, joyousness, overjoyous, unjoyous
- Related terms
- joy, joyful, joyfully, joyfulness