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How to pronounce joy in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms rejoice
Type of feel, experience
Has types chirk up, exult, gladden, cheer, cheer up, jump for joy, walk on air, be on cloud nine
Type Words
Synonyms joyfulness, joyousness
Type of emotion
Has types rhapsody, excitement, exhilaration, exuberance, exultation, high spirits, jubilance, jubilancy, jubilation, lightness, elation
Derivation joyous
Type Words
Synonyms delight, pleasure
Type of positive stimulus


a joy to behold.
Type Words
Synonyms gladden
Has types overjoy

Examples of joy

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A woman's husband died unexpectedly, she said, and she tuned in to JOY for help.
From the stltoday.com
Watching Pilate play football this fall has brought a lot of joy for the family.
From the thenewstribune.com
The music seems to come from a magical place where joy reigns and anything goes.
From the online.wsj.com
Taking away the external expressions of the holiday did not take away their joy.
From the kentucky.com
He writes without self-pity about those times and with joy about the good times.
From the post-gazette.com
She held onto me tightly.'You gave an old woman a little moment of joy,'shesaid.
From the forbes.com
It's not lost on Benech that a living entity will die to provide joy to so many.
From the nzherald.co.nz
They have lived to bring joy, compassion, and happiness where it is needed most.
From the theepochtimes.com
The performance of the Schubert is sunny, subtly shaped and full joy and spirit.
From the telegraph.co.uk
More examples
  • The emotion of great happiness
  • Rejoice: feel happiness or joy
  • Gladden: make glad or happy
  • Something or someone that provides a source of happiness; "a joy to behold"; "the pleasure of his company"; "the new car is a delight"
  • "Joy!" is Gay Dad's most well known and successful song. It was featured on Fifa 2000 and in 2002 on a Mitsubishi television commercial. Additional vocals on the track are by Carol Kenyon.
  • Joy is an 80s Europop band from Austria, best known for their biggest hit Touch By Touch.
  • Joy is a tiny lunar crater located in the irregular ground just to the west of Mare Serenitatis. It is a circular, cup-shaped feature with a slightly raised rim. The crater was designated Hadley A until it was renamed by the IAU. Mons Hadley lies to the west-northwest in the Montes Apenninus range.
  • Joy is the second album by Contemporary Christian singer Crystal Lewis.
  • Joy dishwashing liquid is a major brand of dish-cleaning detergent product made by U.S.-based personal and cleaning products manufacturer and marketer Procter & Gamble.