JOYFUL

joyful

(adjective) full of or producing joy; “make a joyful noise”; “a joyful occasion”

elated, gleeful, joyful, jubilant

(adjective) full of high-spirited delight; “a joyful heart”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

joyful (comparative joyfuller or more joyful, superlative most joyful)

Feeling or causing joy.

Source: Wiktionary


Joy"ful, a.

Definition: Full of joy; having or causing joy; very glad; as, a joyful heart. "Joyful tidings." Shak. My soul shall be joyful in my God. Is. lxi. 10. Sad for their loss, but joyful of our life. Pope.

– Joy"ful*ly, adv.

– Joy"ful*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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20 June 2025

MODEST

(adjective) marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself; “a modest apartment”; “too modest to wear his medals”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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