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Entry 7 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Joy

/(joi)/ · IPA /d͡ʒɔɪ/
01 n. The passion or emotion excited by the acquisition or expectation of good; pleasurable feelings or emotions caused by success, good fortune,…
  1. 1.
    The passion or emotion excited by the acquisition or expectation of good; pleasurable feelings or emotions caused by success, good fortune, and the like, or by a rational prospect of possessing what we love or desire; gladness; exhilaration of spirits; delight.
    “Her heavenly form beheld, all wished her joy.” — Dryden.
    “Glides the smooth current of domestic joy.” — Johnson.
    “Who, for the joy that was set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame.” — Heb. xii. 2.
    “Tears of true joy for his return.” — Shak.
    “Joy is a delight of the mind, from the consideration of the present or assured approaching possession of a good.” — Locke.
  2. 2.
    That which causes joy or happiness.
    “For ye are our glory and joy.” — 1 Thess. ii. 20.
    “A thing of beauty is a joy forever.” — Keats.
  3. 3.
    The sign or exhibition of joy; gayety; mirth; merriment; festivity.
    “Such joy made Una, when her knight she found.” — Spenser.
    “The roofs with joy resound.” — Dryden.
Syn. Gladness; pleasure; delight; happiness; exultation; transport; felicity; ecstasy; rapture; bliss; gayety; mirth; merriment; festivity; hilarity.
02 v. i. To rejoice; to be glad; to delight; to exult.
imp. & p. p. Joyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Joying
  1. 1.
    To rejoice; to be glad; to delight; to exult.
    “I will joy in the God of my salvation.” — Hab. iii. 18.
    “In whose sight all things joy.” — Milton.
03 v. t. To give joy to; to congratulate.
  1. 1.
    To give joy to; to congratulate.[Obs.]
    “To joy the friend, or grapple with the foe.” — Prior.
  2. 2.
    To gladden; to make joyful; to exhilarate.[Obs.]
    “Neither pleasure's art can joy my spirits.” — Shak.
  3. 3.
    To enjoy.[Obs.]
    “Who might have lived and joyed immortal bliss.” — Milton.