[syn: exultant, exulting, jubilant, prideful, rejoicing, triumphal, triumphant]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Rejoicing \Re*joi"cing\ (-s?ng), n.
1. Joy; gladness; delight.
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We should particularly express our rejoicing by love
and charity to our neighbors. --R. Nelson.
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2. The expression of joy or gladness.
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The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the
tabernacles of the righteous. --Ps. cxviii.
15.
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3. That which causes to rejoice; occasion of joy.
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Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage forever,
for they are the rejoicing of my heart. --Ps. cxix.
111.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Rejoice \Re*joice"\ (r[-e]*jois"), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Rejoiced (-joist"); p. pr. & vb. n. Rejoicing
(-joi"s?ng).] [OE. rejoissen, OF. resjouir, resjoir, F.
r['e]jouir; pref. re- re- + OF. esjouir, esjoir, F.
['e]jouir, to rejoice; pref. es- (L. ex-) + OF. jouir, joir,
F. jouir, from L. gaudere to rejoice. See Joy.]
To feel joy; to experience gladness in a high degree; to have
pleasurable satisfaction; to be delighted. "O, rejoice beyond
a common joy." --Shak.
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I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy. --Ps. xxxi. 7.
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Syn: Syn. To delight; joy; exult; triumph.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
rejoicing
adj 1: joyful and proud especially because of triumph or
success; "rejoicing crowds filled the streets on VJ Day";
"a triumphal success"; "a triumphant shout" [syn:
exultant, exulting, jubilant, prideful,
rejoicing, triumphal, triumphant]
n 1: a feeling of great happiness
2: the utterance of sounds expressing great joy [syn:
exultation, rejoicing, jubilation]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
54 Moby Thesaurus words for "rejoicing":
anniversaries, buxom, celebrating, celebration, ceremony,
commemoration, delighting, dressing ship, elate, elated, exultant,
exulting, fanfare, fanfaronade, festivity, flourish of trumpets,
flushed, frivolous, gleeful, hilarious, holiday, jocular, jocund,
jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, jubilant, jubilee, laughter-loving,
marking the occasion, memorialization, memory, merry, mirth-loving,
mirthful, observance, ovation, religious rites, remembrance, revel,
risible, rite, ritual observance, salute, salvo, solemn observance,
solemnization, testimonial, testimonial banquet,
testimonial dinner, toast, tribute, triumph