1 [U] a feeling of great happiness
SYNDELIGHT:
the sheer joy of being with her again * to dance for / with joy * I didn't expect them to jump for joy at the news (= to be very pleased). * To his great joy, she accepted.
2 [C] a person or thing that causes you to feel very happy:
the joys of fatherhood * The game was a joy to watch.
3 [U] (BrE, informal) (in questions and negative sentences) success or satisfaction:
We complained about our rooms but got no joy from the manager. * 'Any joy at the shops?' 'No, they didn't have what I wanted.'
IDIOMS
full of the joys of spring very cheerful
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for joy is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is joy a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, joy is tagged as noun.
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