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# joyful

«joyful» in Mova's school dictionary: **Very happy, or full of joy** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (joyful, more joyful, most joyful); adverb joyfully

### meaning for a pupil

1) Very happy, or full of joy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/joyful/#m1)

2) Causing joy: «joyful news». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/joyful/#m2)

3) (church) Used in hymns and prayers for happy praise of God: «Make a joyful noise to the Lord». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/joyful/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories a joyful scene ends a sad journey: a joyful reunion, a joyful wedding. In church life Christmas and Easter are joyful festivals; Psalm 100 says «Make a joyful noise». Phrases: «joyful news», «a joyful occasion», «joyful singing».

### examples

- The children gave a joyful shout when it snowed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/joyful/#x1)
- It was a joyful day when the puppy came home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/joyful/#x2)
- The church choir sang a joyful carol. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/joyful/#x3)
- «Make a joyful noise unto the Lord.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/joyful/#x4)
- Everyone was joyful at the news. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/joyful/#x5)
- The families had a joyful reunion at the airport. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/joyful/#x6)
- Wherever they went they met with a joyful greeting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/joyful/#x7)

### note

Spelled with one l at the end: joyful, not «joyfull». Noun: joy, joyfulness. Similar: happy, glad, cheerful, delighted.

### In the corpora

- [Psalm 100 calls all the earth to «make a joyful noise» and to worship God with gladness and thanks.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/11-psalms-and-proverbs/9/)
- [Eid al-Fitr is the joyful festival at the end of Ramadan.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/31-islam/13/)
- [And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD; it shall rejoice in His salvation.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.538/)
- [My soul is satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth doth praise Thee with joyful lips;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1023/)
- [Happy is the people that know the joyful shout; they walk, O LORD, in the light of Thy countenance.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1577/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «joyful» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/joyful/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.