Joyfulness is a state of being extremely happy. ... Anything that gives you a sense of deep pleasure or excited happiness produces joyfulness, from being surprised by an old friend you haven't seen in years to watching your favorite team finally win a big competition.

What does it mean when someone is joyful?

Someone who's joyful is very happy. A joyful child will laugh with delight. ... To be joyful is beyond being happy — there is delight and a kind of bliss involved in feeling joyful. The noun joy is at the root of joyful, from the Old French joie with its Latin root of gaudere, "rejoice."

How do you use joyfulness in a sentence?

Her young heart seemed overflowing with joyfulness at her unexpected success. If it hadn't been for the tight vest I had on, I reckon my heart would have bust my ribs for joyfulness. Gladness of heart is the life of man, and the joyfulness of a man prolongeth his days.