HAPPINESS

happiness

(noun) emotions experienced when in a state of well-being

happiness, felicity

(noun) state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

happiness (countable and uncountable, plural happinesses)

(uncountable) The emotion of being happy; joy.

(archaic, uncountable) prosperity, thriving, wellbeing.

(archaic, uncountable) Good luck; good fortune.

(obsolete, countable) Fortuitous elegance; unstudied grace; — used especially of language.

Usage notes

Happiness is generic, and is applied to almost every kind of enjoyment.

Synonyms

• felicity (somewhat dated or formal)

• blessedness (dated or religious)

• bliss (more exalted delight, suggesting heaven)

• joy

• pleasure

Antonyms

• unhappiness

• haplessness

• suffering

Source: Wiktionary

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Hap"pi*ness, n. Etym: [From Happy.]

1. Good luck; good fortune; prosperity. All happiness bechance to thee in Milan! Shak.

2. An agreeable feeling or condition of the soul arising from good fortune or propitious happening of any kind; the possession of those circumstances or that state of being which is attended enjoyment; the state of being happy; contentment; joyful satisfaction; felicity; blessedness.

3. Fortuitous elegance; unstudied grace; -- used especially of language. Some beauties yet no precepts can declare, For there's a happiness, as well as care. Pope.

Syn.

– Happiness, Felicity, Blessedness, Bliss. Happiness is generic, and is applied to almost every kind of enjoyment except that of the animal appetites; felicity is a more formal word, and is used more sparingly in the same general sense, but with elevated associations; blessedness is applied to the most refined enjoyment arising from the purest social, benevolent, and religious affections; bliss denotes still more exalted delight, and is applied more appropriately to the joy anticipated in heaven. O happiness! our being's end and aim! Pope. Others in virtue place felicity, But virtue joined with riches and long life; In corporal pleasures he, and careless ease. Milton. His overthrow heaped happiness upon him; For then, and not till then, he felt himself, And found the blessedness of being little. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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