happiness

Definitions

1. The emotion of being happy; joy; elation.
   uncountable
2. something that brings happiness
3. Prosperity, thriving, wellbeing.
   archaic, uncountable
4. a state of tranquility free from anxiety and emotional disturbance. — ataractic, ataraxic, adj.
5. Good luck; good fortune.
   archaic, uncountable
6. an inability to be happy. — athedonic, adj.
7. Fortuitous elegance; unstudied grace, used especially of language.
   countable, obsolete
8. an extreme love for gaiety.
9. an abnormal fear of gaiety.
10. Ethics. a moral system based upon the performance of right actions to achieve happiness. — eudemonist, eudaemonist, n.
11. the quality or condition of being merry or cheerful. — jocund, adj.
12. Obsolete, a person who leads a merry life.
    Obsolete,
13. Obsolete. the condition or act of being pleasant.
14. the practice of making others happy through praise and felicitation. — macarize, v.
15. A condition of supreme well-being and good spirits:beatitude, blessedness, bliss, cheer, cheerfulness, felicity, gladness, joy, joyfulness.

Equivalents

66 more languages

Afrikaansgeluk

العربيةالسعادةانفراجبهجةسعادةسعدسلوىفرح+ 4 more

Azərbaycan dilisəadətxoşbəxtlik

Беларускаяшчасце

Българскикъсметщастие

বাংলাসুখ

བོད་སྐད།བདེ་བ

Bosanskičestdevletradostsrećasrićavedrinaveseliveselostблаговедринавеселострадостсрећачест+ 11 more

Catalàfelicitat

Češtinaštěstíveselí

Cymraeghapusrwydd

Danskgammenglædelykke

Ελληνικάευημερίαευπραγίαευτυχίαπροκοπήχαρά+ 2 more

Esperantofeliĉecofeliĉo

Eestiõnn

Suomiiloonnekkuusonnellisuusonnentunneonniriemu+ 3 more

Gaeilgesonassuáilceas

Gàidhligàighsonas

Galegofelicidadepaz

ʻŌlelo HawaiʻiHauʻoli

עבריתאושרגילשמחה

हिन्दीउल्लासख़ुशदिलीख़ुशीप्रमोदप्रसन्नतासुख+ 3 more

Hrvatskičestdevletradostsrećasrićavedrinaveseliveselostблаговедринавеселострадостсрећачест+ 11 more

Magyarboldogságszerencse

Հայերեներջանկություն

Bahasa Indonesiadaulatkebahagiaan

Íslenskagleðihamingjalukka

Italianoallegriafelicitàgioia

日本語きち吉幸幸せ幸福幸運悦愉快祜祥禄福禔+ 10 more

ქართულიბედნიერება

Қазақ тілібақыт

ភាសាខ្មែរកាមសុខបរមសុខបាមោជ្ជបីតិប្រមោទប្រីតាសុភមង្គល+ 4 more

한국어喜禔기쁨락만족(滿足)))열락즐거움충족행복행운희열+ 8 more

Latinabeatumcaelumfelicitasgaudiumlaetitialaetitudo+ 3 more

LëtzebuergeschGléck

Lietuviųlaimė

Latviešulaimalaime

Te Reo Māorihari

Македонскирадостсреќа

മലയാളംആനന്ദംആഹ്ലാദംസന്തോഷംസുഖം+ 1 more

Монголаз жаргал

Bahasa Melayukebahagiaan

မြန်မာသုခ

Nederlandsblijdschapblijheidfortuingelukvreugde+ 2 more

Polskiradośćszczęścieszczęśliwość

Portuguêsalegriafelicidadefortuna

Românăbucuriefericire

Русскийвезениерадостьсчастьеудачафортуна+ 2 more

Slovenčinaradosťšťastie

Slovenščinasreča

Shqipharelumturi

Српскиčestdevletradostsrećasrićavedrinaveseliveselostблаговедринавеселострадостсрећачест+ 11 more

Svenskafägnadfröjdglädjelyckamunterhetsalighetsällhet+ 4 more

Kiswahiliraha

தமிழ்சந்தோஷம்மகிழ்ச்சி

తెలుగుసంతోషం

Тоҷикӣшодӣ

ไทยความสุขผาสุกหรรษาโลกธรรม+ 1 more

Türkmençebagt

Tagalogkaligayahanligaya

Türkçebahtiyarlıkmutluluksaadet

ئۇيغۇرچەبەختسائادەتھالاۋەت

Українськаблаговезі́нняра́дістьудачаща́стя+ 2 more

اردوخوشی

O'zbekchasaodat

Tiếng Việthạnh phúcmay mắnphúcphụcphước福+ 3 more

Examples

“seek⟳ happiness”

“true happiness”

“bring⟳ happiness to others”

“Money can’t buy⟳ happiness.”

“She found happiness in the small things.”

“Yes, Aline, true happiness comes of true love⟳, and true love⟳ should be independent of external influences.”

“We hold⟳ these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

“All happineſſe bechance to thee in Millaine.”

“Some Beauties yet, no Precepts can declare⟳, / For there's a Happineſs as well as Care.”

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