| Main Entry: | rejoice |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be very happy about something |
Synonyms: |
be glad, be overjoyed, celebrate, delight, enjoy, exult, feel happy, glory, joy, jump for joy, make merry, revel, triumph |
Antonyms: |
be sad |
| Main Entry: | rejoicing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | exhilaration |
Synonyms: |
celebration, delight, elation, enjoyment, exultation, festivity, happiness, jubilance, triumph |
| Main Entry: | rejoicing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | celebration |
Synonyms: |
delight, exultation, festivity, gladness, joy, jubilation, pleasure |
Antonyms: |
lamentation, mourning |
| Main Entry: | rejoicing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | happy |
Synonyms: |
cheerful, exuberant, exultant, gleeful, joyous, jubilant, mirthful |
Antonyms: |
lamenting, mourning |
| Concept: | [Expression of pleasure.] Rejoicing. |
| Category: | 1. Passive Affections |
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-nouns
rejoicing, exultation, triumph, jubilation, heyday, flush, revelling; merrymaking (amusement); jubilee (celebration); paean, Te Deum (thanksgiving) [more]; congratulation., smile, simper, smirk, grin; broad grin, sardonic grin., laughter (amusement)., risibility; derision., Momus; Democritus the Abderite; rollicker.
-verbs
rejoice, thank one's stars, bless one's stars; congratulate oneself, hug oneself; rub one's hands, clap one's hands; smack the lips, fling up one's cap; dance, skip; sing, carol, cirrup, chirp; hurrah; cry for joy, leap with joy; exult (boast); triumph; hold jubilee (celebrate); make merry (sport)., laugh, raise laughter (amuse) [more].
-adjectives
rejoicing; jubilant, exultant, triumphant; flushed, elated., laughable (ludicrous).
-phrases
the heart leaping with joy; ce n'est pas etre bien aise que de rire; "Laughter holding both his sides" [Milton]; le roi est mort, vive le roi; "with his eyes in flood with laughter" [Cymbeline].
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Antonyms: |
lamentation |
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| Main Entry: | celebrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | commemorate occasion, achievement |
Synonyms: |
beat the drum, bless, blow off steam, carouse, ceremonialize, commend, consecrate, dedicate, drink to, eulogize, exalt, extol, feast, fete, glorify, hallow, have a ball, honor, jubilate, keep, kick up one's heels, laud, let loose, lionize, live it up, make merry, make whoopee, mark with a red letter, memorialize, observe, paint the town red, party*, perform, praise, proclaim, publicize, raise hell, rejoice, revel, revere, ritualize, signalize, solemnize |
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disregard, forget, ignore, neglect, overlook |
| Main Entry: | delight |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make happy; experience happiness |
Synonyms: |
allure, amuse, arride, attract, be the ticket, charm, cheer, content, delectate, divert, enchant, enrapture, entertain, exult, fascinate, freak out, gladden, glory, go over big, gratify, groove*, hit the spot, jubilate, knock dead, knock out, please, pleasure, ravish, rejoice, satisfy, score, send, slay, thrill, tickle pink, tickle to death, turn on, wow |
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depress, disappoint, dismay, distress, pain, trouble |
| Main Entry: | enjoyment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | delight in something |
Synonyms: |
amusement, delectation, diversion, enjoying, entertainment, fruition, fun, gladness, gratification, gusto, happiness, hedonism, indulgence, joy, loving, luxury, pleasure, recreation, rejoicing, relaxation, relish, satisfaction, savor, self-indulgence, sensuality, thrill, triumph, zest |
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displeasure, dissatisfaction, misery, sorrow, unhappiness, woe |
| Main Entry: | enrapture |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | captivate |
Synonyms: |
allure, attract, beguile, bewitch, charm, delight, elate, enamor, enchant, enthrall, entrance, fascinate, gladden, gratify, please, ravish, rejoice, score, send, spellbind, transport |
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disgust, displease, offend, repel |
| Main Entry: | entrance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | captivate, hypnotize |
Synonyms: |
anesthetize, attract, bewitch, charm, delight, enchant, enrapture, enthrall, fascinate, gladden, mesmerize, please, put in a trance, ravish, rejoice, spellbind, transport |
Antonyms: |
disgust, repel, repulse, turn off |