joyous

Synonyms

elated

exultantly proud and joyful; in high spirits

happy

enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure

joyful

full of or producing joy

ecstatic, enraptured, rapt, rapturous, rhapsodic

feeling great rapture or delight

elated, gleeful, joyful, jubilant

full of high-spirited delight

festal, festive, gay, merry

offering fun and gaiety

gay, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful

full of or showing high-spirited merriment

Antonyms:

joyless

not experiencing or inspiring joy

cheerless, depressing, uncheerful

causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy

unhappy

experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent

sorrowful

experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss

funereal, sepulchral

suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial

mirthless

lacking mirth

unsmiling

not smiling

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