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rejoice en · VERB

Pronunciation

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• /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɔɪs/

Etymology

From Middle English rejoicen, rejoisen, from Old French resjoir. Doublet of rejoy. Compare French réjouir; Spanish regocijar; Portuguese regozijar; Italian gioire

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To be very happy, be delighted, exult; to feel joy.
   • At Waterhouses and Hulme End the usual booking office, waiting room and other station accommodation were to be found, but the remaining stations […] were mere stopping places, some of which rejoiced in a small shed for waiting passengers, others without any kind of shelter whatsoever. 1945 September and October, H. C. Casserley, “The Leek & Manifold Valley Light Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 265:
   • Obscurity, indeed, is painful to the mind as well as to the eye ; but to bring light from obscurity, by whatever labour, must needs to be delightful and rejoicing. 1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral, Oxford University Press, published 1973, §6:
   • Leicester closed out the win to spark emotional scenes as those inside Wembley rejoiced in a landmark victory. 2021 May 15, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 0-1 Leicester”, in BBC Sport:
2. (obsolete, transitive) To have (someone) as a lover or spouse; to enjoy sexually.
   • ye that are a knyghte wyueles that ye wyl not loue some mayden or gentylwoman /[…]/ but hit is noysed that ye loue quene Gueneuer / and that she hath ordeyned by enchauntement that ye shal neuer loue none other / but her / ne none other damoysel ne lady shall reioyse you 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter X, in Le Morte Darthur, book VI:
3. (transitive) To make happy, exhilarate.
   • But good news awaited them in the form of permission to travel about the area replenishing medical stocks in hospitals and clinics, and this task was delegated to Constance, as the newcomer, a fact which rejoiced her. 1982, Lawrence Durrell, “Constance”, in Avignon Quintet, Faber & Faber, published 2004, pages 790–1:
   • Were he [Cain] alive, it would rejoice his soul to see what mischief it had made. 1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures. Explain'd and exemplify'd in several dissertations:
4. (obsolete) To enjoy.
   • c. 1449–1455, Reginald Peacock, Represser of over-much weeting [blaming] of the Clergie his brother Constans next aftir him rejoiced the same west-parti.

Forms

Deriveds

rejoicingly · rejoicement · rejoiceful · unrejoicing · unrejoiced · rejoicer · rejoiceless

Synonyms

warm someone's heart · cheer · gay · fetch · gladden · blithen · upcheer · cheer up · delight · rejoice · raise someone's spirits · elate · jollify · make someone's day · happify · beatify · delight · please · turn the frown upside down · cherish · hearten · gratify · enrapture · perk up · begladden · content · light up · elate · laetificate · gladden someone's heart · fain · warm the cockles of someone's heart · exhilarate · enbliss · happify · happy · bright · elevate · rapture · blissen

Translations (125)

ru ра́довать (to make happy) · xqa سَڤُنْماكْ (to be happy) · mk се радува (to be happy) · es alegrarse (to be happy) · tpw ory (to be happy) · nl zich verheugen (to be happy) · da juble (to be happy) · ja 嬉しがる (to be happy) · ja 快く (to be happy) · kw lowenhe (to make happy) · sk tešiť (to make happy) · tpw oryb (to be happy) · uk раді́ти (to be happy) · pl radować się (to be happy) · grc γηθέω (to be happy) · sa मृडयति (to make happy) · nb fryde seg (to be happy) · tl magbunyi (to be happy) · sh ликовати (to be happy) · be це́шыцца (to be happy) · uk ра́дуватися (to be happy) · sh veseliti se (to be happy) · uk ті́шити (to make happy) · es regocijarse (to be happy) · la laetificō (to make happy) · es regocijar (to make happy) · cs radovat (to make happy) · fur gjondâ (to be happy) · de sich freuen (to be happy) · hu örvendezik (to be happy) · fi iloita (to be happy) · pt regozijar (to make happy) · cs těšit se (to be happy) · yi זיך משׂמח זײַן (to be happy) · fi riemastuttaa (to make happy) · pt regozijar-se (to be happy) · fr se réjouir (to be happy) · pl radować (to make happy) · el αγάλλομαι (to be happy) · hy հրճվել (to be happy) · otk 𐰾𐰋𐰤 (to be happy) · sh veseliti (to make happy) · sv glädjas (to be happy) · mi komai (to be happy) · mi whakahari (to make happy) · sh radovati se (to be happy) · sl veseliti (to make happy) · sk tešiť sa (to be happy) · cs radovat se (to be happy) · ru ра́доваться (to be happy) · sw kushangilia (to be happy) · ht rejwi (to be happy) · ba һөйөнөү (to be happy) · fr réjouir (to make happy) · ia gauder (to be happy) · ja 喜ぶ (to be happy) · is gleðjast (to be happy) · yi זיך פֿרייען (to be happy) · bg веселя́ се (to be happy) · be ра́давацца (to be happy) · hu örvend (to be happy) · la laetor (to be happy) · ota سونمك (to be happy) · cs těšit (to make happy) · la gaudeō (to be happy) · sk radovať (to make happy) · uk ра́дувати (to make happy) · ko 기뻐하다 (to be happy) · nl jubelen (to be happy) · ba ҡыуаныу (to be happy) · ro bucura (to make happy) · sl veseliti se (to be happy) · sh радовати (to make happy) · uk ті́шитися (to be happy) · got 𐍆𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌽 (to be happy) · pl cieszyć się (to be happy) · tl magpasaya (to make happy) · ar فَرِحَ بِـ (to be happy) · ang āhliehhan (to be happy) · ja 嬉しい (to be happy) · mi koa (to be happy) · uga 𐎌𐎎𐎃 (to be happy) · eo ĝoji (to be happy) · eo ĝojigi (to make happy) · ht rejwi (to make happy) · cmn 高興 /高兴 (to be happy) · njo-jgl pela (to be happy) · sh likovati (to be happy) · tr sevinmek (to be happy) · txb plānt- (to be happy) · be це́шыць (to make happy) · pt exultar (to be happy) · txb kātk- (to be happy) · cmn 開心 /开心 (to be happy) · nb glede (to make happy) · io joyar (to be happy) · ta மகிழ் (to be happy) · sv fröjda sig (to be happy) · be ра́даваць (to make happy) · ru ликова́ть (to be happy) · tl magalak (to be happy) · la laetīscō (to be happy) · mi hari (to be happy) · swb ufurahi (to be happy) · pl cieszyć (to make happy) · is fagna (to be happy) · bg ра́двам (to make happy) · sh radovati (to make happy) · de erfreuen (to make happy) · nb være glad (to be happy) · sh радовати се (to be happy) · mi whakamanamana (to make happy) · sh веселити се (to be happy) · hu boldogít (to make happy) · bg веселя́ (to make happy) · bg ра́двам се (to be happy) · sh веселити (to make happy) · oui sʾβynmʾk (sevinmek) (to be happy) · az sevinmək (to be happy) · bg ликува́м (to be happy) · sa ऊर्जयते (to be happy) · ar أَفْرَحَ (to make happy) · sk radovať sa (to be happy) · grc ἀγάλλομαι (to be happy) · fi riemuita (to be happy)