joyousness

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noun

The state of being joyous.

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Meanings

nounjoyousness (countable and uncountable, plural joyousnesses)

plural joyousnesses

  1. countableuncountableThe state of being joyous.

    The bright sun, the sweet free air, brought their own joyousness with them; all nature seemed too glad for sorrow.

    1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIX, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 319

    Synonyms: joy, joyfulness, blitheness, blithesomeness, cheerfulness, cheeriness, contentness, contentedness

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe state of being joyous.

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joyjoyfulnessblithenessblithesomenesscheerfulnesscheerinesscontentnesscontentednessdelightdelightednesselatednesselationexuberanceexuberantnessfelicitygaietygaynessgayfulnessgladnessgladsomeness

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe emotion of great happiness

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joyjoyfulness
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emotion
Also see
happinessjoyjoyfulnesslightheartedness

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From joyous + -ness.

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Cite this entry
APA

joyousness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/joyousness

MLA

“joyousness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/joyousness. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “joyousness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/joyousness.

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