Rejoice
[rɪ'dʒɒɪs] or [rɪ'dʒɔɪs]
Definition
(v. i.) To feel joy; to experience gladness in a high degree; to have pleasurable satisfaction; to be delighted.
(v. t.) To enjoy.
(v. t.) To give joy to; to make joyful; to gladden.
(n.) The act of rejoicing.
Editor: Maris
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Gladden, exhilarate, cheer, gratify, please, delight, transport, enrapture.
v. n. Exult, triumph, glory, be joyful, be gladdened, be exhilarated, be pleased, be delighted, take delight.
Editor: Randolph
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Delight, glory, exult, joy, triumph, gladden, delight, revel, be_glad, cheer,please, enliven, gratify
ANT:Mourn, grieve, lament, weep, sorrow, repent, trouble, afflict, oppress, weary,depress, disappoint, burden, darken, distress, pain, sadden, vex, annoy
Typed by Aileen
Definition
v.i. to feel and express joy again and again: to be glad: to exult or triumph.—v.t. to make joyful: to gladden.—ns. Rejoice′ment rejoicing; Rejoic′er; Rejoic′ing act of being joyful: expression subject or experience of joy.—adv. Rejoic′ingly with joy or exultation.
Checker: Wilbur
Examples
- Whisper it not, let the demons hear and rejoice! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- How _they_ might be benefited, how _they_ must rejoice in such an establishment for you, is nothing to _you_. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- A harsher man would rejoice now in the power I have of turning upon your aunt by going no further in the business. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- However, I rejoice to say that I have a hated rival, who will certainly cut me out the instant that my back is turned. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I will, said Clym; I don't rejoice in my present state at all. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- He was very broad-minded and enthusiastic and would rejoice in Watt's improvements of the steam engine or Cook's discoveri es in the South Pacific. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- How will they rejoice in passing from darkness to light! Plato. The Republic.
- It was a day of some wild rejoicing, and a festival. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Great rejoicing on both sides of the ocean followed, and the public print was filled with accounts of the enterprise. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The girl returned, rejoicing. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The crowd accompanied him with cries of triumph and shouts of Hosanna, a word of rejoicing. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The rooks cawed, and blither birds sang; but nothing was so merry or so musical as my own rejoicing heart. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- She then ran gaily off, rejoicing as she rambled about, in the hope of being at home again in a day or two. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Crispin had just made a bull's eye, and was rejoicing in a modest way over his success, so Maurice, to encourage him, patted his shoulder. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I told him I was rejoiced to be by chance among the first to welcome him home to England. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- When she went again, Mr. Dashwood was alone, whereat she rejoiced. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- When they were come to their houses, they recognized them, albeit they seemed old and mean; and they rejoiced, and were glad. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Elinor, rejoiced to be assured of his being in London, now ventured to say, Depend upon it, he will call again tomorrow. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- He proclaimed the marriage in the high places of the city and rejoiced that dishonor had departed from his house. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- When they had gone three hundred yards they stopped, and we went on rejoiced. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- When Elizabeth had rejoiced over Wickham's departure she found little other cause for satisfaction in the loss of the regiment. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- He rejoices daily in the fact that he is a recognized celebrity. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Plato may describe the objects which man rejoices over, he may guide them to good experiences, but each man in his inward life is a last judgment on all his values. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The old man in his dreams of the past rejoices in his achievements, for he has stolen the fires of Prometheus and forged anew the thunderbolts of Jove for the arts of peace. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Is she conscious how my strength rejoices to serve her? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Editor: Warren