rejoice
English dictionary entry
Meanings
verb
- To be very happy, be delighted, exult; to feel joy.
- To have (someone) as a lover or spouse; to enjoy sexually.
- To make happy, exhilarate.
- To enjoy.
Pronunciation
/ɹɪˈd͡ʒɔɪs/
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Word forms
rejoice
rejoices
rejoicing
rejoiced
rejoyce
Etymology
From Middle English rejoicen, rejoisen, from Old French resjoir. Doublet of rejoy. Compare French réjouir; Spanish regocijar; Portuguese regozijar; Italian gioire
Synonyms
blithen
delight
rapture
elate
happify
beatify
enrapture
begladden
blissen
bright
cheer
fetch
cheer up
cherish
content
elevate
enbliss
exhilarate
fain
gay
gladden
gladden someone's heart
gratify
happy
hearten
jollify
laetificate
light up
make someone's day
perk up
please
raise someone's spirits
rejoice
turn the frown upside down
upcheer
warm someone's heart
warm the cockles of someone's heart
Derived words
Translations
Ao: pela (Chungli)
Arabic: فَرِحَ بِـ
Armenian: հրճվել
Azerbaijani: sevinmək
Bashkir: һөйөнөү
Bashkir: ҡыуаныу
Belarusian: ра́давацца
Belarusian: це́шыцца
Bulgarian: ра́двам се
Bulgarian: веселя́ се
Bulgarian: ликува́м
Chinese Mandarin: 開心 /开心
Chinese Mandarin: 高興 /高兴
Maore Comorian: ufurahi
Czech: radovat se
Czech: těšit se
Danish: juble
Dutch: jubelen
Dutch: zich verheugen
Esperanto: ĝoji
Finnish: iloita
Finnish: riemuita
French: se réjouir
Friulian: gjondâ
German: sich freuen
Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌽
Greek: αγάλλομαι
Ancient Greek: ἀγάλλομαι
Ancient Greek: γηθέω
Haitian Creole: rejwi
Hungarian: örvendezik
Hungarian: örvend
Icelandic: fagna
Icelandic: gleðjast
Ido: joyar
Interlingua: gauder
Japanese: 快く
Japanese: 嬉しがる
Japanese: 嬉しい
Japanese: 喜ぶ
Karakhanid: سَڤُنْماكْ
Korean: 기뻐하다
Latin: gaudeō
Latin: laetor
Latin: laetīscō
Macedonian: се радува
Māori: komai
Māori: koa
Māori: hari
Norwegian Bokmål: fryde seg
Norwegian Bokmål: være glad
Old English: āhliehhan
Old Tupi: oryb
Old Tupi: ory
Old Turkic: 𐰾𐰋𐰤
Old Uyghur: sʾβynmʾk (sevinmek)
Polish: radować się
Polish: cieszyć się
Portuguese: exultar
Portuguese: regozijar-se
Russian: ра́доваться
Russian: ликова́ть
Sanskrit: ऊर्जयते
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