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.
Intense positive emotion
- blissPerfect, serene felicity
- contentmentPeaceful satisfaction with circumstances
- elationIntense triumphant joy
- delightIntense pleasure or satisfaction
euphoria · gladness · cheerfulness · beatitude · rapture · serenity · jubilation · exuberance
Persuasive verbal grace
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
- expressionConveyed thought or feeling
- phrasingManner of expressing something
- wordingSpecific language chosen
articulation · grace · appropriateness · suitability · finesse · elegance · deftness · exactness
joy
Intense positive emotion
- blissPerfect, serene felicity
- contentmentPeaceful satisfaction with circumstances
- elationIntense triumphant joy
delight · euphoria · gladness · cheerfulness · beatitude · rapture · serenity · jubilation · exuberance · fulfillment
eloquence
Persuasive verbal grace
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
- expressionConveyed thought or feeling
- phrasingManner of expressing something
wording · articulation · grace · appropriateness · suitability · finesse · elegance · deftness · exactness · skillfulness
feminine
Pertaining to women
literary · Austen · heroine · protagonist · character · christening · namesake · elegant · timeless · refined
- Clermont CountyBatavia, Milford, Williamsburg, Goshen, Amelia
- Saint NamesAgatha, Agnes, Ambrose, Andrew, Anthony
- Virtue NamesChastity, Constance, Faith, Fidelity, Grace
- elegant namesVictoria, Arabella, Genevieve, Josephine, Evangeline
- Christian MartyrsStephen, Sebastian, Lawrence, Ignatius of Antioch, Lucy
- holy womenabbesses, Virgin Mary, Saint Mary, Saint Anne, Saint Teresa
Felicitymisery
Intense prolonged distress
unhappiness · wretchedness · sorrow · despair · anguish
Felicitymisfortune
Adverse circumstance or event
adversity · calamity · affliction · hardship · tribulation
Felicityinfelicity
Inappropriate or awkward expression
awkwardness · clumsiness · inelegance · gracelessness · inaptness
- felicity conditionsPrerequisites for successful performatives
felicitous, felicitously, infelicity, infelicitous, felicitate, felicitation