[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

joyful \joy"ful\, a.
   full of joy; having or causing joy; very glad; as, a joyful
   heart. "joyful tidings." --shak.
   1913 webster

         my soul shall be joyful in my god.       --is. lxi. 10.
   1913 webster

         sad for their loss, but joyful of our life. --pope.
   -- joy"fully, adv. -- joy"fulness, n.
   1913 webster
see also:
joy"fully joy"fulness 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

joyful
     adj 1: full of or producing joy; "make a joyful noise"; "a joyful
            occasion" ant: sorrowful
     2: full of high-spirited delight syn: elated, gleeful, jubilant
     3: full of or suggesting exultant happiness; "a joyful heart";
        "a joyful occasion"; "the joyous news"; "joyous laughter"
        syn: joyous
see also:
sorrowful elated gleeful jubilant joyous 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

79 moby thesaurus words for "joyful":
   animating, beaming, beatific, beatified, blessed, blissful, blithe,
   blithesome, buoyant, buxom, capering, cheerful, cheering, cheery,
   chirping, convivial, dancing, delighted, ecstatic, effervescent,
   elated, encouraging, enlivening, exhilarated, exhilarating,
   expansive, exultant, festal, festive, flushed with joy, frivolous,
   gala, gay, glad, gladdening, gladsome, gleeful, glowing, gratified,
   happy, heart-warming, heartening, hilarious, in heaven,
   in seventh heaven, inspiring, inspiriting, invigorating, jocular,
   jocund, jolly, jovial, joyous, jubilant, laughing, laughter-loving,
   leaping, light-hearted, lighthearted, merry, merrymaking,
   mirth-loving, mirthful, on cloud nine, on the loose, overjoyed,
   pleased, purring, radiant, rejoicing, risible, singing, smiling,
   smirking, sparkling, starry-eyed, sunny, thrice happy,
   tickled pink

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