HAPPY


Meaning of HAPPY in English

adj.

1 feeling pleasure

VERBS

▪ appear , be , feel , look , seem , sound

Outwardly the couple appeared ~.

Andrew felt happier than he had been for a long time.

▪ become

▪ make sb

Money won't make you ~.

▪ keep sb

He went home from time to time, to keep his mother ~.

▪ die

I can die ~ knowing that I have achieved this.

ADVERB

▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.

▪ only too , particularly

We'd be only too ~ to accept your invitation.

▪ completely , perfectly

Dad seemed perfectly ~ with my explanation.

▪ genuinely , truly

For the first time in her life, she felt truly ~.

▪ far from , not altogether , not at all , not entirely , not exactly , not particularly , not too , not totally

Her boss was not entirely ~ about the situation.

▪ relatively

▪ just

I'm just ~ to be back home.

▪ amazingly , blissfully , deliriously , ecstatically , ridiculously , strangely , surprisingly

▪ clearly , obviously

PREPOSITION

▪ about

I'm not too ~ about her attitude.

▪ for

So you're getting married, I hear. I'm really ~ for you!

▪ with

I was quite ~ with the way things went.

2 giving pleasure

VERBS

▪ be , seem

ADVERB

▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.

▪ gloriously ( esp. BrE ), particularly , wonderfully

It had been a wonderfully ~ time.

▪ quite

Happy is used with these nouns: ↑ accident , ↑ association , ↑ atmosphere , ↑ balance , ↑ chance , ↑ childhood , ↑ choice , ↑ coincidence , ↑ collaboration , ↑ combination , ↑ compromise , ↑ couple , ↑ customer , ↑ day , ↑ disposition , ↑ ending , ↑ event , ↑ face , ↑ family , ↑ girl , ↑ grin , ↑ home , ↑ hour , ↑ knack , ↑ laughter , ↑ life , ↑ marriage , ↑ memory , ↑ mood , ↑ news , ↑ occasion , ↑ old age , ↑ outcome , ↑ pair , ↑ people , ↑ period , ↑ person , ↑ relationship , ↑ retirement , ↑ return , ↑ reunion , ↑ self , ↑ shopper , ↑ situation , ↑ smile , ↑ tear , ↑ thought , ↑ time , ↑ tune , ↑ year

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