joy

1. (dated, often sarcastic) Expressing appreciation and happiness.Examples: "'Joy! joy!' he cried, throwing his arms towards Heaven, 'on a grave be the site of our Temple; and now our happiness is for Eternity!'"; "Hanrahan closed his mouth, tried unsuccessfully to breathe through his nose, then opened his mouth again. "Oh, joy," he muttered. "This kid doesn't even go to the bathroom, I bet. Probably been taught not to. It isn't nice.""Synonyms: hurrah, aah, alright, 'ave it, aww yeah, boo-ya, booyah, cowabungadatedoftensarcastic

1. (intransitive) To feel joy, to rejoice.Examples: "for oftymes or this oure lord shewed hym vnto good men and vnto good knyghtes in lykenes of an herte But I suppose from hens forth ye shalle see no more / and thenne they Ioyed moche / and dwelled ther alle that day / And vpon the morowe whan they had herde masse / they departed and commaunded the good man to god"; "I joy to see you wear around your neck the holy relic I bestowed on you;—but what Moorish charmlet is that you wear beside it?"; "1885, Richard Francis Burton (translator), The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 18, “Tale of the Portress,” p. 178, I swore readily enough to this and he joyed with exceeding joy and embraced me round the neck while love for him possessed my whole heart."intransitive

2. (transitive, archaic) To enjoy.Examples: "I haue my wish, in that I ioy thy sight,"; "For from the time that Scudamour her bought, In perilous fight, she neuer ioyed day […]."; "Is this the Love, is this the recompence Of mine to thee, ingrateful Eve, exprest Immutable when thou wert lost, not I, Who might have liv’d and joyd immortal bliss, Yet willingly chose rather Death with thee:"archaictransitive

3. (transitive, obsolete) To give joy to; to congratulate.Examples: "Then round our Death-bed ev'ry Friend ſhou'd run, / And joy us of our Conqueſt, early won: […]"; "Evil like Us they shun, and covet Good; Abhor the Poison, and receive the Food. Like Us they love or hate: like Us they know, To joy the Friend, or grapple with the Foe."obsoletetransitive

4. (transitive, obsolete) To gladden; to make joyful; to exhilarate.Examples: "Yet neither pleasure’s art can joy my spirits, Nor yet the other’s distance comfort me."obsoletetransitive