rejoicing
Expressing great happiness
Rejoicing is the expression of great joy or celebration.
It functions as both a noun and a verb form: There was much rejoicing when the team won describes the celebratory response, while The crowd was rejoicing in the streets captures the act itself.
The word has a slightly formal or literary quality, often appearing in religious contexts or ceremonial announcements.
Intense, expressive happiness
- festivityCelebratory occasion or mood
- revelryNoisy, lively celebration
- merrimentLighthearted fun together
- carnivalTraveling amusement attraction
festival · gala · fiesta · jamboree · banquet · fete · pageant · gathering
Intense positive emotion
- elationIntense triumphant joy
- blissPerfect, serene felicity
- euphoriaIntense emotional high
- exhilarationIntense joyful excitement
glee · happiness · mirth · rapture · delight · ecstasy · exuberance · cheerfulness
Joyful exclamation of gratitude
- amenSolemn spoken agreement
- praiseExpression of approval
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
- gloryExalted honor and praise
hosanna · psalm · hymn · devotion · exaltation · sanctification · benediction · thanksgiving
Appreciative state of mind
- appreciationRecognition of worth
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- thanksgivingExpression of grateful praise
acknowledgment · counting blessings · relief · gratefulness · cherishing · savoring · honoring · praising
Defeating an opponent
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
- successFavorable outcome attained
- achievementAccomplished goal or deed
- gloryExalted honor and praise
winning · overcoming · prevailing · milestone · breakthrough · accomplishment · feat · attainment
jubilation
Intense, expressive happiness
- festivityCelebratory occasion or mood
- revelryNoisy, lively celebration
- merrimentLighthearted fun together
carnival · festival · gala · fiesta · jamboree · banquet · fete · pageant · gathering · bash
joy
Intense positive emotion
exhilaration · glee · happiness · mirth · rapture · delight · ecstasy · exuberance · cheerfulness · gladness
hallelujah
Joyful exclamation of gratitude
glory · hosanna · psalm · hymn · devotion · exaltation · sanctification · benediction · thanksgiving · gospel
thankfulness
Appreciative state of mind
- appreciationRecognition of worth
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
thanksgiving · acknowledgment · counting blessings · relief · gratefulness · cherishing · savoring · honoring · praising · tribute
victory
Defeating an opponent
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
- successFavorable outcome attained
- achievementAccomplished goal or deed
glory · winning · overcoming · prevailing · milestone · breakthrough · accomplishment · feat · attainment · culmination
- Sukkotsukkah, booth, citron, willow, myrtle
- celebrationsgraduation, festival, party, wedding, fireworks
- pleasurepleasure, delight, gratification, contentment, satisfaction
- celebrationcelebration, celebrate, party, festive, festivity
- emotional expressiontone, laughing, mood, yelling, crying
- festive soundsapplause, cheering, cheers, clapping, fanfare
rejoicingmourning
Period following loss
grieving · lamenting · sorrowing · weeping · lamentation
rejoicingmourning
Period following loss
lamenting · lamentation · keening · bewailing · eulogizing