Definition of Joyfulness

1. Noun. The emotion of great happiness.

Exact synonyms: Joy, Joyousness
Generic synonyms: Emotion
Specialized synonyms: Elation, High Spirits, Lightness, Exultation, Jubilance, Jubilancy, Jubilation, Excitement, Exhilaration, Exuberance
Derivative terms: Joy, Joy, Joyous, Joyful, Joyful, Joyous
Antonyms: Sorrow

Definition of Joyfulness

1. Noun. the state of being joyful ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Joyfulness

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Joyfulness

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jowters
joy
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joy ride
joy riding
joyance
joyances
joyancy
joyed
joyful
joyfull
joyfuller
joyfullest
joyfully
joyfulness
joyfulnesses
joygasm
joygasms
joying
joyless
joylessly
joylessness
joylessnesses
joyne
joyned
joyning
joyous
joyously
joyousness

Literary usage of Joyfulness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Church History by Johann Heinrich Kurtz (1889)
"... in the steadfastness and confidence of their faith, and above all in the joyfulness with which they met the cruellest of deaths by martyrdom. ..."

2. Accounts of Religious Revivals in Many Parts of the United States from 1815 by Joshua Bradley (1819)
"When speaking of its quickening powers upon their souls—their countenances would beam with joyfulness, while they ascribed all the praise to God, ..."

3. The Sermons of Henry Ward Beecher: In Plymouth Church, Brooklyn by Beecher, Henry Ward, Truman Jeremiah Ellinwood (1874)
"... CHRISTIAN Joyfulness. '• Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in Prayer."—ROMANS xii. 12. This may be called a maxim of life, ..."

4. The Theological and Literary Journal (1855)
"... other crises of the church, trains of consequences far transcending in greatness and joyfulness their largest anticipations, their ' most ardent hopes. ..."

5. Sermons Preached in Lincoln's Inn Chapel by Frederick Denison Maurice (1892)
"... 1859 " Let Thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let Thy saints sing with joyfulness"—PSALM cxxxii. 9 (Prayer-book Version). ..."

6. Seeds and Sheaves: Or, Words of Scripture; Their History and Fruits by Augustus Charles Thompson (1869)
"... go through long suffering, he must have patience, especially if he would endure it joyfully." Such joyfulness is the believer,s privilege in sickness. ..."

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