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Main Entry: joyous
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: happy

Synonyms:

blessed, blithe, cheerful, delighted, ecstatic, exuberant, festive, glad, gleeful, heartwarming, jocular, jolly, joyful, jubilant, merry, mirthful, pleased, spirited, upbeat, vigorous, wonderful

Antonyms:

unhappy
Main Entry: blessed
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: happy

Synonyms:

blissful, content, contented, endowed, favored, fortunate, glad, granted, joyful, joyous, lucky

Antonyms:

condemned, cursed, damned, unblessed, unfavored, unhappy, unlucky
Main Entry: blissful
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: happy

Synonyms:

beatific, cool*, crazy, delighted, dreamy, ecstatic, elated, enchanted, enraptured, euphoric, floating*, flying*, gone*, heavenly, in ecstasy, in seventh heaven, in the twilight zone, joyful, joyous, mad*, on cloud nine, rapturous, sent, spaced-out, turned-on

Antonyms:

grieving, miserable, sorrowful, unhappy, upset, wretched
Main Entry: bright
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: cheerful

Synonyms:

alert, animated, gay, genial, glad, happy, jolly, joyful, joyous, keen, lighthearted, lively, merry, optimistic, sanguine, spirited, sprightly, vivacious

Antonyms:

depressed, depressing, doleful, dreary, gloomy, unhappy
Main Entry: delighted
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: very happy

Synonyms:

captivated, charmed, ecstatic, elated, enchanted, entranced, excited, fulfilled, gladdened, gratified, joyous, jubilant, overjoyed, pleasantly surprised, pleased, thrilled

Antonyms:

depressed, disappointed, dismayed, melancholy, miserable, pained, sorrowful, troubled, unhappy
Main Entry: ecstatic
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: very happy, blissful

Synonyms:

athrill, beatific, crazy, delirious, dreamy, elated, enraptured, enthusiastic, entranced, euphoric, fervent, floating, flying high, frenzied, gone*, high*, in exaltation, in seventh heaven, joyful, joyous, mad, on cloud nine, out, overjoyed, pleased as punch, rapturous, ravished, rhapsodic, sent, sunny, thrilled, tickled pink, tickled to death, transported, turned on, upbeat, wild

Antonyms:

despaired, sorrowful, tormented, troubled, unhappy
Main Entry: effervescent
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: enthusiastic, vivacious

Synonyms:

animated, bouncy, brash, bubbly, buoyant, ebullient, excited, exhilarated, exuberant, gleeful, happy, high-spirited, hilarious, in high spirits, irrepressible, jolly, joyous, lively, merry, mirthful, sprightly, vital, zingy

Antonyms:

dull, inactive, serious, sober, unenthusiastic
Main Entry: elated
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: very happy

Synonyms:

animated, aroused, blissful, cheered, delighted, ecstatic, elevated, enchanted, enraptured, euphoric, exalted, excited, exhilarated, exultant, fired up, flying high, flying*, gleeful, high, hopped up, in heaven, in high spirits, in seventh heaven, intoxicated, joyful, joyous, jubilant, looking good, on cloud nine, overjoyed, proud, puffed up, roused, set up, transported, turned-on

Antonyms:

depressed, down, sad, sorrowful, unhappy
Main Entry: exultant
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: very happy

Synonyms:

blown away, delighted, ecstatic, elated, exulting, flipping, flushed, flying, gleeful, high, joyful, joyous, jubilant, overjoyed, rejoicing, reveling, transported, triumphant, turned on, wowed

Antonyms:

depressed, discouraged, sad, sorrowful, unhappy
Main Entry: festive
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: decorated, celebratory

Synonyms:

blithe, bouncy, carnival, carnivalesque, cheery, chipper, chirpy, convivial, festal, gala, gay, gleeful, go-go, grooving, happy, hearty, holiday, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, jubilant, juiced up, jumping, lighthearted, merry, mirthful, peppy*, perky, rocking, snappy, swinging, upbeat, zippy
Notes: a festival is a celebration for a specific occasion; festive means joyous, celebratory, or merry; festivity is any joyous diversion

Antonyms:

depressed, gloomy, somber, undecorated
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