Meaning

1 senses
  1. Feeling or causing joy.

    The children were joyful on the first day of summer break.

    Her joyful smile lit up the room.

    freudig, erfreulich, erfreut

    ра́достныйrádostnyj, весёлыйvesjólyj

    ра́діснийrádisnyj, весе́лийvesélyj

    full of or producing joy

Examples

31 sentences
  1. We were filled with joyful expectation.

    ruМы были полны радостного ожидания.

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  2. The fairy tale is very joyful.

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  3. Beautiful fireworks conclude these two joyful days.

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  4. She was young, pure, joyful and naive.

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  5. Igor's joyful face suddenly changed into anger.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
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Русский
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Deutsch
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Origin

From joy + -ful.

From joy + -ful.

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Forms

joyfuller/more joyful, joyfullest/most joyful
Comparativejoyfuller / more joyful Lesson
Superlativejoyfullest / most joyful Lesson

regular

Synonyms

26 synonyms

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
joyful — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto