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Type Words
Synonyms felicity
Type of spirit, emotional state
Has types beatitude, beatification, radiance, blessedness
Derivation happy
Type Words
Type of feeling
Has types bonheur, cheerfulness, contentment, gladfulness, belonging, blitheness, gaiety, gladness, gladsomeness, merriment, rejoicing
Derivation happy

Examples of happiness

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People appear to have a happiness set-point over which they have little control.
From the latimes.com
He who worries over happiness in itself has probably already secured his dinner.
From the online.wsj.com
It's not legislation that we can adopt with much happiness, but it is necessary.
From the telegraph.co.uk
They have lived to bring joy, compassion, and happiness where it is needed most.
From the theepochtimes.com
After a certain point, however, greater GDP stopped producing greater happiness.
From the theatlantic.com
A good deal of the research on happiness finds that income plays a crucial role.
From the theatlantic.com
Happiness is all these things and scientists for years have tried to measure it.
From the timesunion.com
Eternity starts today, at the appointed hour, the appointed moment of happiness.
From the theepochtimes.com
He finds happiness in his marriage to Mary Hatch, but major troubles follow him.
From the dailyherald.com
More examples
  • State of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy
  • Happiness is a state of mind or feeling characterized by contentment, love, satisfaction, pleasure, or joy. A variety of biological, psychological, religious, and philosophical approaches have striven to define happiness and identify its sources.
  • "happiness!!!" is the title of a song Japanese pop singer Kaela Kimura, released as the second single from her debut album, Kaela, on October 27, 2004 . It peaked at number eleven on the Japan Oricon singles chart.
  • Happiness... Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch is the title of Canadian alternative rock band Our Lady Peace's third studio album. It was released on September 21, 1999 by Columbia Records. It peaked at #2 on the Canadian Albums Chart. ...
  • Happiness? is the third album by the English musician Roger Taylor. It was his first album since Queen's 1991 album Innuendo, and his first solo album since 1984's Strange Frontier
  • Is a Japanese adult visual novel originally for the PC first released on October 21, 2005, and followed by the release of a fan-disk sequel Happiness! Re:Lucks on July 28, 2006. Both games were developed, produced, and published by Windmill. ...
  • Happiness is a 1917 comedy-drama feature film written by C. Gardner Sullivan and starring Enid Bennett and Charles Gunn. A rich orphan played by Enid Bennett goes to a co-ed college where she is snubbed by students who view her as a snob. ...
  • Happiness is a 1924 silent comedy film directed by King Vidor.
  • Le Bonheur ("Happiness") is a 1965 French drama film directed by Agnu00E8s Varda. The film is associated with the French New Wave and won two awards at the 15th Berlin International Film Festival, including the Jury Grand Prix. The film's notable colours resulted from the creation of a new colour negative because the original had faded during production.