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Adjective: joyful  joy-ful
  1. Full of or producing joy
    "make a joyful noise"; "a joyful occasion"
     
  2. Full of high-spirited delight
    "a joyful heart";
    - elated, gleeful, jubilant, cock-a-hoop [informal], gleesome [archaic], on top of the world [informal]

See also: beatific, happy, joyous, on cloud nine [informal], overjoyed

Antonym: sorrowful

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