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happy

Meaning

Opposite of
blue, depressed, down, miserable, moody, morose, sad, unhappy, blissed out, blissful, cock-a-hoop, content, delighted, ecstatic, elated, excited, exultant, gay, glad, gleeful, happy, jovial, joyful, on cloud nine, overjoyed, over the moon, pacific, perky, placated, pleased, satisfied, thrilled, tickled pink, triumphant, unfortunate, unlucky, unpropitious, disenchanted, dissatisfied, inappropriate, inapt, unfelicitous
Synonyms

glad
A2
joyful
C2
cheerful
C1
pleased
B1
merry
B1
delighted
B2
fortunate
C1
rejoice
C2
lucky
A2
happiness
B1
prosperous
C2
joyous
C2
pleasant
B2
blessed
B2
satisfied
B2
😆
contented
23k
content
B2
joy
B1
😂
auspicious
C2
blissful
24k
jolly
C1
gay
B1
delight
C1
delightful
C1
jovial
40k
successful
B1
gleeful
festive
C2
well
A1
elated
29k
comfortable
B1
mirthful
good
A1
👍
gratified
39k
bright
B1
lively
C1

be happy

jubilant
felicitous
like
A1
intoxicated
C2
carefree
C2
safe
A1
peaceful
B2
genial
49k
please
A1
oblivious
C2
exhilarated
exult
lighthearted
Translations

heureux
😀
glücklich
😀
feliz
😀
felice
😀
content
joyeux
gelukkig
😀
alegre
contento
feliz
😀
feliç
😀
fröhlich
froh
blij
😀

ευτυχισμένος

Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈhæpi/
Etymology

Cognate with Icelandic
heppinn
Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk
heppen
Cognate with Scots
happin
In summary

From Middle English happy (“fortunate, happy”), perhaps an alteration of Middle English happyn, happen (“fortunate, happy”), possibly related to or from Old Norse heppinn (“fortunate, happy”); and potentially assimilated to be equivalent to hap (“chance, luck, fortune”) + -y. Compare also Icelandic heppinn (“lucky”), Faroese heppin (“fortunate, lucky, happy”), Norwegian Nynorsk heppen (“lucky”), Scots happin (“fortunate, blessed”). See further at hap.

Related words
pleased happier satisfied
😆
thrilled unhappy
☹️
delighted grateful

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