Felicity

Girl named joy

Felicity is a state of intense happiness or bliss.

The word is somewhat formal or literary, suggesting deep, lasting contentment rather than momentary pleasure: The early years of their marriage were ones of great felicity.

In rhetoric, felicity describes apt or well-chosen expression: a felicity of phrase.

Felicity also serves as a feminine given name.

happiness

joy

Intense positive emotion

delight · euphoria · gladness · cheerfulness · beatitude · rapture · serenity · jubilation · exuberance · fulfillment

aptness

eloquence

Persuasive verbal grace

wording · articulation · grace · appropriateness · suitability · finesse · elegance · deftness · exactness · skillfulness

name

feminine

Pertaining to women

literary · Austen · heroine · protagonist · character · christening · namesake · elegant · timeless · refined

Categories
Opposites
emotional state

Felicitymisery

Intense prolonged distress

unhappiness · wretchedness · sorrow · despair · anguish

fortune/circumstance

Felicitymisfortune

Adverse circumstance or event

adversity · calamity · affliction · hardship · tribulation

aptness of expression

Felicityinfelicity

Inappropriate or awkward expression

awkwardness · clumsiness · inelegance · gracelessness · inaptness

Phrases
Family

felicitous, felicitously, infelicity, infelicitous, felicitate, felicitation

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G