joyous

«joyous» in Mova's school dictionary: Full of joy; very happy — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (joyous, more joyous, most joyous)

meaning for a pupil

1) Full of joy; very happy. tree →

2) Causing great joy: «a joyous occasion». tree →

sense in the lessons

A warm, slightly literary word: stories, hymns and carols speak of joyous bells, joyous news, a joyous homecoming. In The Wind in the Willows there are joyous feasts and the joyous return of Toad Hall. In church, Christmas and Easter are joyous festivals. In writing it is stronger than «happy».

examples

• The joyous crowd cheered as the team came home. tree →
• Christmas bells rang out with a joyous sound. tree →
• It was a joyous day when our new baby sister came home. tree →
• The animals held a joyous banquet at Toad Hall. tree →
• The children sang a joyous song at the end of term. tree →
• Easter is a joyous festival for Christians. tree →
• So the days went by like a joyous festival. tree →

note

Close to «joyful»; both are fine. Adverb: joyously. Not used about people's personality as much as «cheerful».

In the corpora

• Thou that art full of uproar, a tumultuous city, a joyous town?
• Is this your joyous city, whose feet in antiquity, in ancient days, carried her afar off to sojourn?

Trees and pragmatics

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