joy
n. C / Un. a feeling of great happiness or pleasure. You feel this when something wonderful happens or when you are with people you love.
n. a state of intense happiness or delight. Often used to describe the emotional response to a specific event or a general sense of well-being.
The children's faces were full of joy on Christmas morning.
She felt a sudden surge of joy when she saw her old friend walking through the airport gates.
The poet captures the fleeting nature of human joy, contrasting the brightness of a summer morning with the inevitable shadows of the coming evening.
From the noun joy, first used by Puritans in the 17th century.
Uncountable when referring to the abstract emotion; countable when referring to a specific person or thing that causes the feeling.