happy

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Having a feeling arising from a consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment

   Having a feeling arising from a consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, such as comfort, peace, or tranquillity; blissful, contented, joyous.

   • Music makes me feel happy.
   • Happye are thy men, and happie are these thy seruantes[…]
   • Happy is that people that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the Lord.
2. 2

   Experiencing the effect of favourable fortune

   Experiencing the effect of favourable fortune; favored by fortune or luck; fortunate, lucky.

   • "Historians, you think," said Miss Tilney, "are not happy in their flights of fancy. They display imagination without raising interest. […]"
3. 3

   Content, willing, satisfied (with or to do something)

   Content, willing, satisfied (with or to do something); having no objection (to something).

   • Are you happy to pay me back by the end of the week?
   • Yes, I am happy with the decision.
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   1. 4

      Bringing or being an instance of favourable fortune

      Bringing or being an instance of favourable fortune; apt, felicitous, fortunate, propitious.

      • happy coincidence
      • You would, even by this most favourable result, be at best only replaced in the situation, and restored to the happy opportunity which you at present possess:[…]
   2. 5

      Favoring or inclined to use.

      • slaphappy, trigger-happy
      • We live in a sue-happy society. If Santa slides off your roof and busts his tailbone, he could sue you, and probably will.
      • “Baby, I was a loser / Several years on the dole / An Englishman with a very high voice / Doing rock ’n’ roll,” sings falsetto-happy frontman Justin Hawkins at the start of “Every Inch Of You,” Hot Cakes’ opener.
   3. 6

      Dexterous, ready, skilful.

   4. 7

      Implying “May you have a happy ⁓” or similar

      Implying “May you have a happy ⁓” or similar; used in phrases to wish someone happiness or good fortune at the time of a festival, celebration, or other event or activity.

      • Happy birthday!
      • Happy Fourth of July!
      • Happy anniversary!
   5. 8

      A happy event, thing, person, etc.

   6. 9

      Often followed by up

      Often followed by up: to become happy; to brighten up, to cheer up.

      • Whenever I started drinking again after abstaining for any period of time, it usually was an effort to relieve stress and to "happy up."
   7. 10

      A male given name.

   8. 11

      A surname transferred from the nickname.

   9. 12

      A place in the United States

      A place in the United States:

The neighborhood

• synonymberserk
• synonymblissed out
• synonymblithe
• synonymbuoyant
• synonymblithesome
• synonymbonnie
• synonymbright
• synonymcheerful
• synonymcheerly
• synonymcheery
• synonymchuffed
• synonymcock-a-hoop
• antonymdejected
• antonymdepressed
• antonymdiscontented
• antonymdissatisfied
• antonymgloomy
• antonymmiserable
• antonymsad
• antonymunhappy
• neighborlucky
• neighborpleasure
• neighboremotional
• neighboremotionful
• neighborblissful