felicity
Deep, settled contentment
Felicity is happiness or a source of happiness, often with a sense of good fortune: domestic felicity, the felicities of country life.
The word also describes aptness or grace in expression—a well-chosen phrase shows felicity of style.
Both senses share an idea of things fitting together pleasingly.
The word is somewhat literary.
Joyful emotional state
- satisfactionState of fulfilled desires
- well-beingState of health, contentment
- serenityUndisturbed mental quietude
- peacefulnessState of quiet tranquility
comfort · ease · tranquility · pleasure · fulfillment · gratification · enjoyment · calmness
Quality of being suitable
- fittingnessSuitability to context
- pertinenceQuality of being applicable
- relevanceState of mattering here
- suitabilityState of being apt
aptitude · precision · exactness · rightness · congruity · propriety · applicability · timeliness
Intense emotional high
- ecstasyOverwhelming intense delight
- raptureOverwhelming ecstatic feeling
- nirvanaRelease from cyclical existence
- beatitudeSupreme spiritual happiness
elation · heaven · paradise · sublime · satori · enlightenment · halcyon · idyllic
Chance affecting outcomes
- serendipityAccidental fortunate discovery
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
- providenceDivine protective care
- favorKind act or preference
kismet · destiny · windfall · boon · chance · auspiciousness · propitious · fortunate
Ability to convey emotion
- articulatenessClarity in verbal expression
- fluencySmooth linguistic command
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- eleganceRefined, graceful quality
polish · smoothness · finesse · deftness · facility · adroitness · persuasiveness · lucidity
happiness
Joyful emotional state
- satisfactionState of fulfilled desires
- well-beingState of health, contentment
- serenityUndisturbed mental quietude
peacefulness · comfort · ease · tranquility · pleasure · fulfillment · gratification · enjoyment · calmness · equanimity
appropriateness
Quality of being suitable
- fittingnessSuitability to context
- pertinenceQuality of being applicable
- relevanceState of mattering here
suitability · aptitude · precision · exactness · rightness · congruity · propriety · applicability · timeliness · correctness
euphoria
Intense emotional high
- ecstasyOverwhelming intense delight
- raptureOverwhelming ecstatic feeling
- nirvanaRelease from cyclical existence
beatitude · elation · heaven · paradise · sublime · satori · enlightenment · halcyon · idyllic · edenic
luck
Chance affecting outcomes
- serendipityAccidental fortunate discovery
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
- providenceDivine protective care
favor · kismet · destiny · windfall · boon · chance · auspiciousness · propitious · fortunate · lucky
expressiveness
Ability to convey emotion
- articulatenessClarity in verbal expression
- fluencySmooth linguistic command
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
elegance · polish · smoothness · finesse · deftness · facility · adroitness · persuasiveness · lucidity · clarity
- joyhappiness, gladness, joyfulness, elation, delight
- well-beingwell-being, happiness, wellbeing, wellness, contentment
- joyful wordsjoy, bliss, happiness, delight, glee
- celebrationcelebration, celebrate, party, festive, festivity
- Highspeak, zenith, apex, pinnacle, acme
- ecstasyrapture, bliss, euphoria, exaltation, elation
felicitymisery
Intense prolonged distress
wretchedness · anguish · agony · unhappiness · woe
felicityinfelicity
Inappropriate or awkward expression
awkwardness · clumsiness · inappropriateness · inelegance · gracelessness
felicitymisfortune
Adverse circumstance or event
calamity · adversity · ill-being · tribulation · affliction
- felicity conditionsPrerequisites for successful performatives
felicitous, infelicitous, infelicity, felicitously, felicities