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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | liveliness; promptness |
| Synonyms: | alertness, avidity, briskness, cheerfulness, dispatch, eagerness, enthusiasm, expedition, fervor, gaiety, hilarity, joyousness, promptitude, quickness, readiness, speed, sprightliness, willingness, zeal |
| Antonyms: | apathy, aversion, disinclination, dullness, indifference, reluctance, slowness, unwillingness |
| Main Entry: | elation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extreme happiness |
| Synonyms: | bliss, buoyancy, buzz, charge, cloud nine, delight, ecstasy, enthusiasm, euphoria, exaltation, excitement, exhilaration, exultation, glee, high, high spirits, intoxication, jollies, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, jubilation, kick*, kicks, rapture, stars in one's eyes, transport, triumph, up*, upper |
| Antonyms: | depression, sadness, sorrow, unhappiness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | euphoria |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extreme happiness |
| Synonyms: | bliss, dreamland, ecstasy, elation, exaltation, exhilaration, exultation, frenzy, glee, health, high spirits, intoxication, joy, joyousness, jubilation, madness, rapture, relaxation, transport |
| Antonyms: | depression, despair, misery, sorrow, unhappiness, woe |
| Main Entry: | exaltation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | great joy |
| Synonyms: | animation, bliss, delectation, delight, ecstasy, elation, elevation, euphoria, excitement, exhilaration, exultation, inspiration, intoxication, joyousness, jubilation, rapture, stimulation, transport, uplift |
| Antonyms: | depression, misery, sorrow, unhappiness, woe |
| Main Entry: | exultation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | celebration, reveling |
| Synonyms: | crowing, delight, elation, glee, gloating, glory, happiness, high spirits, joy, joyousness, jubilance, jubilation, merriment, rejoicing, satisfaction, transport, triumph |
| Antonyms: | discouragement |
| Main Entry: | gaiety |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | happiness, celebration |
| Synonyms: | animation, blitheness, brightness, brilliance, cheer, color, colorfulness, conviviality, effervescence, elation, entertainment, exhilaration, festivity, frolic, fun, geniality, gladness, glee, glitter, good humor, grins, high spirits, hilarity, joie de vivre, jollity, joviality, joyousness, lightheartedness, liveliness, merriment, merrymaking, mirth, pleasantness, radiance, revel, reveling, revelry, shindig*, showiness, sparkle, sport, sprightliness, vivacity, whoopee, wingding |
| Antonyms: | sadness, solemnity, unhappiness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | geniality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extreme niceness |
| Synonyms: | affability, agreeability, agreeableness, amenity, amiability, cheerfulness, cheeriness, congenialness, conviviality, cordiality, enjoyableness, friendliness, gladness, good cheer, good nature, gratefulness, happiness, heartiness, jollity, joviality, joy, joyousness, kindliness, kindness, mirth, pleasance, pleasantness, sunniness, sweetness and light, warmheartedness, warmth |
| Antonyms: | aloofness, coldness, coolness, irritation, moodiness, unfriendliness, unhappiness |
| Main Entry: | gladness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | happiness |
| Synonyms: | animation, blitheness, cheer, cheerfulness, delight, felicity, gaiety, glee, high spirits, hilarity, jollity, joy, joyousness, mirth, pleasure |
| Antonyms: | sorrow, unhappiness, woe |
| Main Entry: | glee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extreme happiness |
| Synonyms: | blitheness, cheerfulness, delectation, delight, elation, enjoyment, exhilaration, exuberance, exultation, fun, gaiety, gladness, hilarity, jocularity, jollity, joviality, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, liveliness, merriment, mirth, pleasure, sprightliness, triumph, verve |
| Antonyms: | discouragement, sadness, unhappiness |
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