happiness

UK /ˈhæpinɪs/ US /ˈhæpinɪs/

noun 4

Definitions

noun

The emotion of being happy; joy; elation.

seek happiness

true happiness

Prosperity, thriving, wellbeing.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

Good luck; good fortune.

All happineſſe bechance to thee in Millaine.

Fortuitous elegance; unstudied grace, used especially of language.

Some Beauties yet, no Precepts can declare, / For there's a Happineſs as well as Care.

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

deep, great

perfect, pure, sheer, true

eternal, lasting

future

She worked hard in school because she believed education was the key to her future happiness.

earthly

human

personal

domestic, family, marital

VERB + HAPPINESS

be filled with, feel

glow with

The children glowed with happiness when they opened their birthday presents.

cry with, sigh with, weep with

achieve, find

Many people work hard throughout their lives to achieve happiness and success.

bring (sb)

Spending time with family brings happiness to my life.

buy (sb)

Money alone cannot buy happiness, no matter how much wealth you accumulate.

wish sb

PREP

with ~

~ at

She couldn't hide her happiness at seeing her old friend again after many years.

PHRASES

a feeling of happiness, wish sb every happiness

After winning the competition, she experienced a feeling of happiness that lasted for weeks.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from c

felicity

Antonyms

sadness
unhappiness

Idioms & Phrases

money can't buy happiness

Money can purchase external things, but true happiness comes from within oneself.

bluebird of happiness

Happiness or contentment, especially as the elusive object of a quest or as a state of affairs which is difficult to achieve.

Tora (Kiyoshi Atsumi), our feckless itinerant peddler, dreams he's leading his relatives in a pursuit of the bluebird of happiness, which takes them to a veritable Shangri-La.

money cannot buy happiness

Alternative form of money can't buy happiness.

They toil, lie, cheat, swindle, and endanger their souls for wealth. There are but few exceptions to this rule—we are nearly all in the same boat. It is strange that humanity will

Example Bank

seek happiness

Wiktionary

true happiness

Wiktionary

bring happiness to others

Wiktionary

It may be that the happiness awaiting us is not at all the sort of happiness we would want.

Tatoeba · #1523

My heart was filled with happiness.

Tatoeba · #2118

The only way on Earth to multiply happiness is to divide it.

Tatoeba · #2273

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, happiness is marked as archaic, obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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