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joy
  1. A feeling of extreme happiness or cheerfulness, especially related to the acquisition or expectation of something good.
  2. Anything that causes such a feeling.
  3. Luck or success; a positive outcome.
  4. (obsolete) The sign or exhibition of joy; gaiety; merriment; festivity.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “The couple would finally experience the joy of bearing a child at last.”
      “It was a joy to spend time with my family back home.”
      “You'll not likely get any joy out of this line of work.”
enjoyment
  1. (uncountable) The condition of enjoying anything.
  2. (uncountable) An enjoyable state of mind.
  3. (countable) An activity that gives pleasure.
  4. (law) The exercise of a legal right.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “The days and nights that followed were a blur of happiness, enjoyment and contentment.”
      “I've thought about who could get use or enjoyment out of my possessions and have written down who should receive them.”
      “There is no evidence to indicate that any exclusive rights have been granted to any firm or individuals for the use or enjoyment of these facilities.”
joydom
  1. (rare) The state or condition of joy or of being joyful; exhilaration; enjoyment.
joylessness
  1. The state or condition of being joyless; lack of joy.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “It is not so much a satire at the expense of the nouveau riche as a devastating portrait of marital hatred and middle-class joylessness.”
      “Only England could win 8-0 away from home and inspire such joylessness and contempt.”
      “The show is feverish, ever on the move, a strange mixture of exuberance and joylessness.”
joyness
  1. (rare, nonstandard) The state or condition of joy; joyfulness.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The joyness on her face was evident as she received the good news of her promotion.”
joyance
  1. (archaic, poetic) Enjoyment, joy, delight.
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    1. “But now since we be free-men all, I and my fellows, fain would we march hence in thy train to thy honour and our joyance.”
      “He cannot brook the sounds of joyance that reach him down in his fen-dwelling near the hall.”
      “Now Thorfinn went with thirty freedmen to the Yule-feast, whereat there was the greatest mirth and joyance among men.”
enjoyability
  1. The state or condition of being enjoyable.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “While in many ways this is a good thing, the weaker storyline detracts from its overall enjoyability.”
      “Each of these excursions was successful in that the films I saw were very good, although with differing levels of enjoyability.”
      “It truly was an unmissable experience being here and the organisation and enjoyability of it all is thanks to impeccable Portuguese hospitality.”
enjoyableness
  1. The quality or state of being enjoyable.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “What a huge huge difference this makes to the enjoyableness of proceedings on the night and to the state of your health when you wake up the next morning.”
      “The vocal content is nothing too special, but it's certainly appropriate and in no real way takes away from the enjoyableness of the songs.”
      “Afternoons of such sweet enjoyableness are so rare with me that I tend to savor them, hold them lingering to myself, rather than share them.”
joyhood
  1. (rare, nonstandard) The quality, condition, or state of joy.
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joyancy
  1. Alternative form of joyance
joyousness
  1. The state of being joyous.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “I felt that the spirit of joyousness which should have been there was completely negated by a seriousness.”
      “Each greeting is accompanied by a great deal of genuine laughter and joyousness.”
      “Many of us younger ravers missed out on the joyousness of the all-night party scene.”
joyfulness
  1. The state of being joyful.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “They played and swam with the reckless abandon and joyfulness of three year olds.”
      “On first seeing these works, the viewer is overtaken by a sense of gaiety and joyfulness.”
      “The children that are part of the cast as the fairies add to the joyfulness.”
enjoyee
enjoyer
  1. One who enjoys.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “If you're a serial enjoyer or planner of holidays, you can find yourself investigating some new, dreamy and exotic destinations, and the more off the beaten track, the better.”
      “And I am at a loss how to reconcile these expressions of poverty with his being the purchaser and enjoyer of such an estate.”
      “Like me, he was a disillusioned cynic, enjoyer of beer and a great admirer of a pretty face.”
joylessnesses
joyousnesses
joyfulnesses
enjoyments
  1. plural of enjoyment
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Grids lay upon the landscape reducing meandering rivers and their jagged embankments to scenic enjoyments or inconveniences to overcome.”
      “Even more unobtainable, no doubt, is a measure of the comparative enjoyments derivable from choosing for oneself.”
      “The next month starts on July 18 and, until then, I'm afraid I'll have to take a break here and in all my other online enjoyments.”
enjoyees
enjoyers
  1. plural of enjoyer
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  3. Examples:
    1. “It was playing host to an international conference of enjoyers of life, consultants in the seizing of the moment before it passes.”
      “I don't mean to say that Americans are a nation of superficial, backslapping enjoyers and happy-makers, as opposed to our suffering Slavic souls.”
      “You are one of life's enjoyers, determined to get the most you can out of your brief spell on Earth.”
joyances
joys
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