HAPPINESS


Meaning of HAPPINESS in English

noun

a state of well-being or pleasurable satisfaction

felt happiness at her husband's success

Synonyms: beatitude, blessedness, bliss, blissfulness

Related Word: content, contentedness, satisfaction; cheer, cheerfulness, felicity, gladness; gaiety, jollity, joy; delectation, delight, enjoyment, pleasure

Contrasted words: discontent, dissatisfaction, vexation; cheerlessness, despair, desperation, despondency, hopelessness; distress, misery, wretchedness

Antonyms: unhappiness

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