joy
/d͡ʒɔɪ/ verb C2- To feel joy, to rejoice.
He/she/it joys · Past joyed · Past participle joyed · -ing form joying
Verb forms
- Base form
- joy
- He/she/it
- joys
- Past
- joyed
- Past participle
- joyed
- -ing form
- joying
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On the fourth day, to her great joy, Oz sent for her, and when she entered the Throne Room he greeted her pleasantly:
He worked hard from morning till night and did not know what joy was.
“No, no, my dear Edmond—my boy—my son!—no; but I did not expect you; and joy, the surprise of seeing you so suddenly—Ah, I feel as if I were going to die.”
They say joy never hurts, and so I came to you without any warning.
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