rejoicing

/riˈdʒɔɪsɪŋ/

/riˈdʒɔɪsɪŋ/

Other forms: rejoicings; rejoicingly

Rejoicing is celebration or festivity. There will be great rejoicing when your favorite cousin comes home after his three years away in the Peace Corps.

You can use the word rejoicing as a noun, to mean jubilation and joy, or as an adjective to mean "joyful." A rejoicing crowd is full of happiness and cheer, and a rejoicing child might jump up and down with excitement. Rejoicing comes from the verb rejoice, which is rooted in the Old French word rejoir, a combination of the intensive re and joir, "be glad."

Definitions of rejoicing

1. noun

   a feeling of great happiness
   type of:

   happiness

   emotions experienced when in a state of well-being
2. noun

   the utterance of sounds expressing great joy
   synonyms: exultation, jubilation

   type of:

   utterance, vocalization

   the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication
3. adjective

   joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success
   “rejoicing crowds filled the streets on VJ Day”

   synonyms: exultant, exulting, jubilant, prideful, triumphal, triumphant

   elated, giddy

   exultantly proud and joyful; in high spirits