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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. full of or producing joy;
- Example: "make a joyful noise"
- Example: "a joyful occasion"

2. full of high-spirited delight;
- Example: "a joyful heart"
[syn: elated, gleeful, joyful, jubilant]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Joyful \Joy"ful\, a.
   Full of joy; having or causing joy; very glad; as, a joyful
   heart. "Joyful tidings." --Shak.
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         My soul shall be joyful in my God.       --Is. lxi. 10.
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         Sad for their loss, but joyful of our life. --Pope.
   -- Joy"ful*ly, adv. -- Joy"ful*ness, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

joyful
    adj 1: full of or producing joy; "make a joyful noise"; "a
           joyful occasion" [ant: sorrowful]
    2: full of high-spirited delight; "a joyful heart" [syn:
       elated, gleeful, joyful, jubilant]