happy
happier; happiest
Happy is a feeling of joy, pleasure, or good fortune — exactly how you'd feel if you learned that you won the lottery or got accepted into your number one choice of colleges.
Happy hails from the Middle English word hap, meaning "good luck." Many of the early European words for happy actually referred to good luck, rather than a feeling of joy. On its own, happy means an enjoyable or satisfied state of being. When hyphenated, it can refer to an overwhelming inclination to do something. Someone who is trigger-happy, for example, has an overwhelming urge to shoot things, while a clothes-happy person is obsessed with taking trips to the mall.
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marked by good fortune
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enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure“a happy smile”“spent many happy days on the beach”“a happy marriage”
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Synonyms:
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cheerful
being full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits
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content, contented
satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are
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elated, giddy
exultantly proud and joyful; in high spirits
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euphoric
characterized by an exaggerated feeling of well-being or elation
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felicitous
exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style
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blessed
characterized by happiness and good fortune
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blissful
completely happy and contented
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bright
characterized by happiness or gladness
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golden, halcyon, prosperous
marked by peace and prosperity
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laughing, riant
showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness
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glad
showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy
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joyful
full of or producing joy
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joyous
full of or characterized by joy
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Antonyms:
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unhappy
experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent
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cheerless, depressing, uncheerful
causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
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discontent, discontented
showing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing
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dejected
affected or marked by low spirits
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distressed, dysphoric, unhappy
generalized feeling of distress
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infelicitous
not appropriate in application; defective
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lovesick
languishing because of love
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miserable, suffering, wretched
very unhappy; full of misery
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sad
experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness
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sorrowful
experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss
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joyless
not experiencing or inspiring joy
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cheerful
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eagerly disposed to act or to be of service
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well expressed and to the point“a happy turn of phrase”
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synonyms:
well-chosen
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felicitous
exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style
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felicitous
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