joy

Definition

  • noun: a feeling of great happiness
  • noun: the emotion evoked by well-being, success, or good fortune or by the prospect of possessing what one desires
  • verb: to experience great pleasure or delight
  • synonyms: rejoice, delight, pleasure

Examples

  • She answered the phone and, to her great 'joy', heard her son's voice on the line. [=she felt very happy when she heard her son's voice]

  • “You've spent hours looking for it. Any 'joy'? [='luck']” “No 'joy' whatsoever, I'm afraid. I can't find it.”

  • They were 'shouting/jumping for joy'. [=they shouted/jumped because they were very happy]

Movie quotes

  • (..) Well, I know. Well, I know Riley's head. And there she was. Hello. - Riley.Whoa. Look at you. Aren't you a little bundle of joy. Whoa. It was amazing.Just Riley and me forever. Or for seconds. I'm Sadness. Oh, hello.I'm Joy. So. Can I just, if you could... I don't know, let me fix that. Thanks. And that was just the beginning. Headquarters only got (..)
    2015 Inside Out