Definition of joy

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"Joy (n.) The passion or emotion excited by the acquisition or expectation of good; pleasurable feelings or emotions caused by success, good fortune, and the like, or by a rational prospect of possessing what we love or desire; gladness; exhilaration of spirits; delight..

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Gratification :: Gratification (n.) That which affords pleasure; satisfaction; enjoyment; fruition: delight.
Worldliness :: Worldliness (n.) The quality of being worldly; a predominant passion for obtaining the good things of this life; covetousness; addictedness to gain and temporal enjoyments; worldly-mindedness.
Self-enjoyment :: Self-enjoyment (n.) Enjoyment of one's self; self-satisfaction.
Emphyteusis :: Emphyteusis (n.) A real right, susceptible of assignment and of descent, charged on productive real estate, the right being coupled with the enjoyment of the property on condition of taking care of the estate and paying taxes, and sometimes a small rent..
Joy :: Joy (n.) To rejoice; to be glad; to delight; to exult.
Fructuary :: Fructuary (n.) One who enjoys the profits, income, or increase of anything..
Bright :: Bright (a.) Sparkling with wit; lively; vivacious; shedding cheerfulness and joy around; cheerful; cheery.
Stoic :: Stoic (n.) A disciple of the philosopher Zeno; one of a Greek sect which held that men should be free from passion, unmoved by joy or grief, and should submit without complaint to unavoidable necessity, by which all things are governed..
Expand :: Expand (v. i.) To become widely opened, spread apart, dilated, distended, or enlarged; as, flowers expand in the spring; metals expand by heat; the heart expands with joy..
Crow :: Crow (v. i.) To utter a sound expressive of joy or pleasure.
Huzza :: Huzza (interj.) A word used as a shout of joy, exultation, approbation, or encouragement..
Fain :: Fain (adv.) With joy; gladly; -- with wold.
Hoo :: Hoo (interj.) Hurrah! -- an exclamation of triumphant joy.
Regret :: Regret (v.) Pain of mind on account of something done or experienced in the past, with a wish that it had been different; a looking back with dissatisfaction or with longing; grief; sorrow; especially, a mourning on account of the loss of some joy, advantage, or satisfaction..
Admit :: Admit (v. t.) To allow (one) to enter on an office or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise; as, to admit an attorney to practice law; the prisoner was admitted to bail..
Glory :: Glory (n.) To exult with joy; to rejoice.
Live :: Live (v. i.) To enjoy or make the most of life; to be in a state of happiness.
Rapturous :: Rapturous (a.) Ecstatic; transporting; ravishing; feeling, expressing, or manifesting rapture; as, rapturous joy, pleasure, or delight; rapturous applause..
Enjoy :: Enjoy (v. t.) To have sexual intercourse with.
Nobleman :: Nobleman (n.) One of the nobility; a noble; a peer; one who enjoys rank above a commoner, either by virtue of birth, by office, or by patent..
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