happiness

«happiness» in Mova's school dictionary: The feeling of being happy, glad and pleased — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (happiness; uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) The feeling of being happy, glad and pleased. tree →

2) A state of having a good life with joy and contentment. tree →

sense in the lessons

In PSHE and wellbeing lessons it is one of the main feelings, with sadness, anger and fear. In stories: «tears of happiness», «filled with happiness», «live in happiness». It names the feeling as a thing, while «happy» describes a person.

examples

• Her face was full of happiness when she saw the puppy. tree →
• Money cannot always buy happiness. tree →
• Playing with friends brings me happiness. tree →
• He cried tears of happiness at the wedding. tree →
• Kindness spreads happiness to others. tree →
• The story ends with peace and happiness for everyone. tree →
• What brings you happiness? tree →
• No one can find happiness without work. tree →

note

Uncountable: no «a» and no plural («a lot of happiness», not «happinesses»). Spelling: «happy» → «happiness» (y changes to i, then -ness). Opposite: «unhappiness», «sadness».

In the corpora

• Crying at music, from happiness or sadness, is normal.
• Consonant + y turns into i: happy, happily, happiness; easy, easily.
• A noun names a person, place, thing or idea: girl, Leeds, table, happiness.
• Faces show basic feelings such as happiness, sadness, fear, anger, surprise and disgust.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «happiness» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.