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- pronunciation:
- hae
pi
nihs
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer
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noun |
| definition 1: |
the state or condition of being happy.
- synonyms:
- gladness
- antonyms:
- dolor, heartache, sadness, unhappiness
- similar words:
- bliss, cheer, contentment, delight, felicity, joy, pleasure, satisfaction
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| definition 2: |
pleasure or contentment.
- synonyms:
- contentment, gladness, pleasure
- antonyms:
- discontent, displeasure, unhappiness
- similar words:
- bliss, cheer, delight, elation, enjoyment, felicity, joy, satisfaction
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| related words: |
comfort, content, pride, warmth, welfare, well-being |
adjective + (n.)happiness
definitive,
double,
earthly,
eternal,
everlasting,
fleeting,
future,
genuine,
greatest,
gross,
human,
instant,
lasting,
marital,
personal,
profound,
pure,
sheer,
subjective,
true,
ultimate
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verb + (n.)happiness
achieve, anger, beam, bring, buy, deserve, desire, effect, envy, equate, glow, guarantee, maximize, pursue, radiate, ruin, sacrifice, shine, wish
(n.)happiness
+ verb
attain, elude, secure
noun + (n.)happiness
agitation,
beauty,
bluebird,
emotion,
equality,
excitement,
feeling,
glow,
guarantee,
health,
illusion,
joy,
key,
laughter,
liberty,
love,
peace,
pleasure,
predictor,
pride,
prosperity,
pursuit,
quest,
relief,
safety,
secret,
self-esteem,
success,
sum,
tear,
warmth,
wealth,
wish
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broader categories that include happiness |
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emotion, feeling, mood |
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descriptions of someone who is not happy |
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blue, dejected, dismal, downcast, melancholy, miserable, sad, wretched |
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similar to happiness |
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gaiety, glee, joy, pleasure |
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some actions involving happiness |
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beam, chuckle, crow, frolic, glow, kick up one's heels, laugh, prance, purr, radiate, rejoice, romp, smile, twinkle |
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some causes of happiness |
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birth, fortune, graduation, luck, marriage, peace, retirement, reunion, success, triumph |
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some reactions to happiness |
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celebrate, cheer, congratulate, delight, embrace, praise |
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some states of happiness |
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bliss, cheer, delight, ecstasy, rapture |
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