joyful

joyful
    adj 1: full of or producing joy; "make a joyful noise"; "a
           joyful occasion" [ant: {sorrowful}]
    2: full of high-spirited delight; "a joyful heart" [syn:
       {elated}, {gleeful}, {joyful}, {jubilant}]
    

Joyful \Joy"ful\, a.
   Full of joy; having or causing joy; very glad; as, a joyful
   heart. "Joyful tidings." --Shak.
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         My soul shall be joyful in my God.       --Is. lxi. 10.
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         Sad for their loss, but joyful of our life. --Pope.
   -- {Joy"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Joy"ful*ness}, n.
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79 Moby Thesaurus words for "joyful":
      animating, beaming, beatific, beatified, blessed, blissful, blithe,
      blithesome, buoyant, buxom, capering, cheerful, cheering, cheery,
      chirping, convivial, dancing, delighted, ecstatic, effervescent,
      elated, encouraging, enlivening, exhilarated, exhilarating,
      expansive, exultant, festal, festive, flushed with joy, frivolous,
      gala, gay, glad, gladdening, gladsome, gleeful, glowing, gratified,
      happy, heart-warming, heartening, hilarious, in heaven,
      in seventh heaven, inspiring, inspiriting, invigorating, jocular,
      jocund, jolly, jovial, joyous, jubilant, laughing, laughter-loving,
      leaping, light-hearted, lighthearted, merry, merrymaking,
      mirth-loving, mirthful, on cloud nine, on the loose, overjoyed,
      pleased, purring, radiant, rejoicing, risible, singing, smiling,
      smirking, sparkling, starry-eyed, sunny, thrice happy,
      tickled pink