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单词 happiness
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Definition of happiness in English:

happiness

noun ˈhapɪnəsˈhæpinəs
mass noun
  • The state of being happy.

    she struggled to find happiness in her life
    Tom's heart swelled with happiness
    Example sentencesExamples
    • If we can understand them, we may see that in their lives they share with us the same happinesses, frustrations and hopes.
    • That may be so, but it is frightening to imagine a future in which our current happinesses and unhappinesses will no longer exist.
    • It does not provide for the chance for a rest now and then, for decent food and lodgings, or the other little happinesses that this dusky laboratory allows its slaves.
    • All happinesses are alike, the knowing novelist intones.
    • This is most welcome news for the region and she is wished every happiness in the area.
    Synonyms
    contentment, pleasure, contentedness, satisfaction, cheerfulness, cheeriness, merriment, merriness, gaiety, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, joviality, jollity, jolliness, glee, blitheness, carefreeness, gladness, delight, good spirits, high spirits, light-heartedness, good cheer, well-being, enjoyment, felicity
    exuberance, exhilaration, elation, ecstasy, delirium, jubilation, rapture, bliss, blissfulness, euphoria, beatitude, transports of delight
    heaven, paradise, seventh heaven, cloud nine
    humorous delectation
    rare jouissance

Definition of happiness in US English:

happiness

nounˈhapēnəsˈhæpinəs
  • The state of being happy.

    she struggled to find happiness in her life
    Tom's heart swelled with happiness
    Example sentencesExamples
    • If we can understand them, we may see that in their lives they share with us the same happinesses, frustrations and hopes.
    • This is most welcome news for the region and she is wished every happiness in the area.
    • All happinesses are alike, the knowing novelist intones.
    • It does not provide for the chance for a rest now and then, for decent food and lodgings, or the other little happinesses that this dusky laboratory allows its slaves.
    • That may be so, but it is frightening to imagine a future in which our current happinesses and unhappinesses will no longer exist.
    Synonyms
    contentment, pleasure, contentedness, satisfaction, cheerfulness, cheeriness, merriment, merriness, gaiety, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, joviality, jollity, jolliness, glee, blitheness, carefreeness, gladness, delight, good spirits, high spirits, light-heartedness, good cheer, well-being, enjoyment, felicity
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