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  • 91joy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. rejoicing; pleasure, happiness, delight, mirth, gaiety, fun (inf.); joie de vivre. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A very glad feeling] Syn. happiness, delight, gladness, rapture; see happiness 1 , 2 ,… …

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  • 92rapture — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. ecstasy, transport, bliss, joy, delight. See pleasure. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Delight] Syn. happiness, pleasure, joy, satisfaction, enjoyment, felicity, exhilaration, contentment, gladness,… …

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  • 93exaltation — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Elevation] Syn. glory, deification, worship; see praise 1 , 2 . 2. [Ecstasy] Syn. rapture, elation, rhapsody; see happiness 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. The act of raising to a high position or status or the… …

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  • 94exultation — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. rejoicing, triumph, elation; see celebration 2 , happiness 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. jubilation, rejoicing, joy, triumph, ecstasy, elation, glee, euphoria, happiness, exhilaration. ANT.: misery, depression,… …

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  • 95happiness — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Good humor] Syn. mirth, merrymaking, cheer, merriment, joyousness, vivacity, laughter, delight, gladness, good spirits, hilarity, playfulness, exuberance, gaiety, cheerfulness, buoyancy, good will, rejoicing, joviality,… …

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  • 96bawd — a complicated word of uncertain history. First attested late 15c., lewd person (of either sex; since c.1700 applied only to women), probably from baude strote procurer of prostitutes (mid 14c.), which may be from M.E. bawde (adj.) merry, joyous,… …

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  • 97uplift — n. spiritual or emotional elation; lifting up, raising (as in the surface of the earth) v. raise, elevate; cause emotional or spiritual elation; exalt …

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  • 98uplifted — n. spiritual or emotional elation; lifting up, raising (as in the surface of the earth) v. raise, elevate; cause emotional or spiritual elation; exalt …

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  • 99uplifting — n. spiritual or emotional elation; lifting up, raising (as in the surface of the earth) v. raise, elevate; cause emotional or spiritual elation; exalt …

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  • 100uplifts — n. spiritual or emotional elation; lifting up, raising (as in the surface of the earth) v. raise, elevate; cause emotional or spiritual elation; exalt …

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