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

  • (..) who labor in the name of our Lord, but... - Your Grace? - It wasn't labor I was speaking of. It was, rather, my final remittance that I was interested in. My last little joy. I'm sorry, Your Grace. She has arrived, but there was some confusion at the agency. They've sent a new girl who, (..)
    2005 V for Vendetta