| joy | (noun) something or someone that provides a source of happiness | Synonyms: delight, pleasure |
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| (noun) the emotion of great happiness | Synonyms: joyfulness, joyousness |
| (verb) feel happiness or joy | Synonyms: rejoice |
| (verb) make glad or happy | Synonyms: gladden |
| joyful | (adjective) full of or producing joy | - |
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| (adjective) full of high-spirited delight | Synonyms: elated, gleeful, jubilant |
| joyfully | (adverb) in a joyous and gleeful manner | Synonyms: gleefully, joyously |
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| joyfulness | (noun) the emotion of great happiness | Synonyms: joy, joyousness |
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| joyless | (adjective) not experiencing or inspiring joy | - |
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| joylessly | (adverb) in a joyless manner; without joy | - |
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| joylessness | (noun) a feeling of dismal cheerlessness | - |
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| joyous | (adjective) full of or characterized by joy | - |
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| joyously | (adverb) in a joyous and gleeful manner | Synonyms: gleefully, joyfully |
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| joyousness | (noun) the emotion of great happiness | Synonyms: joy, joyfulness |
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| joyride | (noun) a ride in a car taken solely for pleasure | - |
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| (verb) ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it | Synonyms: tool, tool around |
| joystick | (noun) a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane | Synonyms: control stick, stick |
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| (noun) a manual control consisting of a vertical handle that can move freely in two directions; used as an input device to computers or to devices controlled by computers | - |