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noun ADJ. deep, great | perfect, pure, sheer, true | eternal, lasting | future Living together before you marry is no guarantee of future happiness. | earthly | human | personal | domestic, family, marital VERB + HAPPINESS be filled with, feel | glow with Her face was glowing with happiness. | cry with, sigh with, weep with | achieve, find She seems to have found happiness with her new husband. | bring (sb) It is easy to believe that money brings happiness. | buy (sb) You cannot buy happiness. | wish sb PREP. with ~ | ~ at He was weeping with happiness at being free. PHRASES a feeling of happiness, wish sb every happiness We wish them every happiness in their new life.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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adjectives
great happiness
(= a lot of happiness )
• His grandchildren bring him great happiness.
true/real happiness
(= having all the qualities which happiness should have )
• At last, she found true happiness with a man she loved.
perfect/pure/sheer happiness
(= happiness that is as good as it can be )
• The birth of my child was a moment of sheer happiness.
human happiness
(= happiness felt by people )
• One of the greatest sources of human happiness is love.
personal happiness
• In Oxford, he at last found personal happiness and intellectual fulfilment.
lasting happiness
(= happiness that continues )
• Leonie had found a lasting happiness in her relationship with Jim.
future happiness
• Living together before you marry is no guarantee of future happiness.
domestic happiness
(= happiness that comes from family relationships and life at home )
• After six years with Joe, the normality of domestic happiness bored her.
marital happiness
(= happiness that comes from being married )
• Does being similar to your wife or husband lead to marital happiness?
verbs
find happiness
• It’s a story about a music composer who unexpectedly finds happiness as a teacher.
bring (somebody) happiness
(= make someone happy )
• He wrongly believes that money can bring happiness.
achieve happiness
• He would never achieve true happiness until he took control of his life.
be filled with happiness
• As I drove back home, I was filled with happiness.
glow with happiness
(= look very happy )
• The bride’s face seemed to glow with happiness.
wish somebody (every) happiness/wish (every) happiness to somebody
(= say that you hope someone will have a happy life )
• I would like you to join me in wishing every happiness to Annabelle and Steven.
phrases
a feeling of happiness
• Being by the ocean gave her a feeling of great happiness.
the pursuit of happiness
(= the act of trying to achieve happiness )
• The Declaration of Independence guarantees ‘liberty’ and ‘the pursuit of happiness.’
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happiness
the feeling of being happy:
• Happiness is more important than money. • I could see the happiness in her eyes.
pleasure
the feeling you have when you enjoy doing something, or when something happens that you enjoy:
• Are you taking the trip for business or pleasure? • His music has given pleasure to a great many people over the years.
cheerfulness
happy feelings, which show in your expression, your voice, and your behaviour:
• 'Morning, everybody!' she said with a loud cheerfulness. • His normal cheerfulness seemed to have returned.
satisfaction
the feeling you have when you have done something well, or when something is as good as it should be:
• She stood back and looked at her work with satisfaction. • He gets a lot of satisfaction from helping young people in his coaching job.
contentment
a quietly happy and satisfied feeling:
• Joey sighed with contentment, snuggling down in his warm bed.
great happiness
joy
especially written a feeling of great happiness:
• The sisters hugged and cried tears of joy. • It was a day of great joy for the whole town. • Most people would be jumping with joy .
delight
the feeling you have when you are very pleased and excited because something good has happened:
• They watched with delight as their new son started walking. • To her delight, she discovered the perfect wedding present.
bliss
a feeling of very great happiness and great pleasure – used when something has a great effect on your senses:
• Lying in the warm sun and listening to the sea felt like sheer bliss (= complete bliss ) . • Her idea of bliss is to be curled up on the sofa watching a romantic comedy with a big bowl of popcorn. • The happy couple looked a picture of domestic bliss.
elation
written a feeling of great happiness and excitement, especially because you have achieved something or something good has happened to you:
• As they reached the top, the climbers experienced a moment of elation. • Her mood suddenly changed from tears and misery to a feeling of elation.
euphoria
an extremely strong feeling of happiness and excitement, especially because you have achieved something, or because of the effects of a drug:
• The euphoria that new parents feel quickly changes to exhaustion. • The euphoria of Ireland’s amazing victory over England last Sunday has died away. • The drug produces a feeling of euphoria.
ecstasy
an extremely strong feeling of happiness and pleasure, especially sexual pleasure:
• It was a moment of sheer ecstacy (= complete ecstacy ) . • the ecstasy of their love-making
Longman-Thesaurus
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noun
joy:
Happiness is your grandchildren.
Simple Definitions