Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language5th Edition.
- adjective Enjoyingshowingor marked by pleasuresatisfactionor joy. synonym: glad.
- adjective Cheerful; willing.
- adjective Characterized by good luck. synonym: fortunate.
- adjective Being especially well-adapted; felicitous.
- adjective Characterized by a spontaneous or obsessive inclination to use something. Often used in combination.
- adjective Enthusiastic about or involved with to a disproportionate degree. Often used in combination.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To make happy.
- Manifesting or marked by good hap or fortune; lucky; fortuitously fortunatefavorableor successful: asa happy contingency or omen; a happy thought or discovery.
- Conscious that one's general condition of feeling is a highly satisfactory one; conscious that one feelsin generaldecidedly more pleasure than pain; having a general feeling of pleasure; satisfied; pleased.
- Being in a favorable condition or in advantageous circumstances; fortunate; secure of good; blessed.
- Affording pleasure or enjoyment; bringing or attended with good fortuneluckor pleasure; agreeable: ashappy thoughts; a happy condition; happier times.
- Indicative or expressive of happiness; joyful: asthe happy shouts of children; happy smiles or tears.
- Apt; fitting the purposeoccasionor circumstances; opportune; felicitous: asa happy expedient; a happy retort.
- Dexterous; ready; able.
- Synonyms HappyFelicitousFortunateLucky. Felicitous is now rarely used except in the sense of apt and pleasinga sense in which happy also is used: asa felicitous or happy combinationanswerspeech. Fortunate and luckyby their derivationsare a higher and a lower term for the prosperous turns of chance or the lot in life. Happythough essentially the same by derivationhas a broader application; it is never altogether separated from the idea of enjoyment. See
happiness .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Favored by hapluckor fortune; lucky; fortunate; successful; prosperous; satisfying desire
- adjective Experiencing the effect of favorable fortune; having the feeling arising from the consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kindas peacetranquillitycomfort; contented; joyous.
- adjective Dexterous; ready; apt; felicitous.
- adjective a collection of animals of different and hostile propensities living peaceably together in one cage. Used ironically of conventional alliances of persons who are in fact mutually repugnant.
- adjective trusting to hap or luck; improvident; easy-going.
from WiktionaryCreative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Experiencing the effect of
favourable fortune ; having the feeling arising from theconsciousness ofwell-being or ofenjoyment ; enjoying good of any kindas peacetranquillitycomfort; contented; joyous. - adjective Favored by
luck orfortune ;lucky . - adjective
Dexterous ;ready ;apt ;felicitous . - adjective
Content satisfied (with or to do something); having noobjection (to something).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
- adjective eagerly disposed to act or to be of service
- adjective marked by good fortune
- adjective well expressed and to the point
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language4th Edition
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Examples
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I love to make people happyand I think that giving away a box of yummy things will make someone *happy*.
foodbeam » Almost Christmas – Coconut and pomegranate tapioca pudding 2007
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THANKSS LOTSSSSS = D happy happy~ but somehowsomewherethere's still something missing within me .... we need a miracle!
zhen-zhen Diary Entry zhen-zhen 2006
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In order to be happy oneself it is necessary to make at least one other person happy .
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"I shall be happy -- no_happy_ is not a good word for me -- I shall be glad to see you in my studio when I have moved inand perhaps you may see some things to please you."
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15No. 85January1875 Various
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I. _Barzillai was evidently by nature a warm-heartedsunshiny old manhimself happy and making others happy_.
Men of the Bible; Some Lesser-Known Characters George Milligan
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He took my hand-- YesMadamto make _me_ happy-- for ever happy-- to make _Sir James_ and _Lady Powis happy_you have only to determine not to quit your native country.
Barford Abbey Susannah Minific Gunning
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With best wishes for you for a happy_happy_ New Year,
Letters of a Woman Homesteader Elinore Pruitt Stewart
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She surveyed us both with a look of composure and satisfactionexpressive of her conviction that we should be happyhappy with one another.
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"Wellparson," replied the only half-converted youth"I am not damn happyjust _happy_ that's all."
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MY DEAREST VICTORIA-- I have to thank you for two extremely kind and dear letterswhich made me very happyand your kind heart would be pleased to know _how happy_.
The Letters of Queen VictoriaVolume 1 (of 3)1837-1843) A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence Between the Years 1837 and 1861 Queen of Great Britain Victoria 1860
erinoftheyear commented on the word happy
what I want to be...
August 162007
oroboros commented on the word happy
"OH--
We be happy,
We be glad,
We'd feel good--
BUT
We feel bad."
--Jan Cox
October 152007
bilby commented on the word happy
"Inot eventshave the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is deadtomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one daytodayand I'm going to be happy in it."
- Groucho Marx.
December 242007
sonofgroucho commented on the word happy
Dad was so wisewasn't he?
December 242007
bilby commented on the word happy
Compared to the one-linerscomebacks and so on this is one of the few wistfuleven serious quotes I've read of GM. An interesting thought too!
December 242007
Prolagus commented on the word happy
Easter!
April 122009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word happy
A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her.
-Oscar Wilde
July 262009
jmjarmstrong commented on the word happy
JM would like a chance to prove money can't make him happy.
July 142011