REJOICING
exultant, exulting, jubilant, prideful, rejoicing, triumphal, triumphant
(adjective) joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success; “rejoicing crowds filled the streets on VJ Day”; “a triumphal success”; “a triumphant shout”
exultation, rejoicing, jubilation
(noun) the utterance of sounds expressing great joy
rejoicing
(noun) a feeling of great happiness
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
rejoicing
present participle of rejoice
Noun
rejoicing (countable and uncountable, plural rejoicings)
An act of showing joy.
Source: Wiktionary
Re*joi"cing (-sng), n.
1. Joy; gladness; delight.
We should particularly express our rejoicing by love and charity to
our neighbors. R. Nelson.
2. The expression of joy or gladness.
The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the
righteous. Ps. cxviii. 15.
3. That which causes to rejoice; occasion of joy.
Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage forever, for they are the
rejoicing of my heart. Ps. cxix. 111.
REJOICE
Re*joice" (r-jois"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rejoced (-joist"); p. pr. &
vb. n. Rejoicing (-joi"sng).] Etym: [OE.rejoissen, OF. resjouir,
resjoir, F. réjouir; pref. re- re- + OF, esjouir, esjoir, F. , to
rejoice; pref. es- (L. ex-) + OF. jouir, joir, F. jouir, from L.
gaudere to rejoice. See Joy.]
Definition: To feel joy; to experience gladness in a high degree; to have
pleasurable satisfaction; to be delighted. "O, rejoice beyond a
common joy." Shak.
I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy. Ps. xxxi. 7.
Syn. To delight; joy; exult; triumph.
Re*joice", v. t.
1. To enjoy. [Obs.] Bp. Peacock.
2. To give joi to; to make joyful; to gladden.
I me rejoysed of my liberty. Chaucer.
While she, great saint, rejoices heaven. Prior.
Were he [Cain] alive, it would rejoice his soul to see what mischief
it had made. Arbuthnot.
Syn.
– To please; cheer; exhilarate; delight.
Re*joice", n.
Definition: The act of rejoicing. Sir T. Browne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition