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- [ri-jois]
- /rɪˈdʒɔɪs/
- /rɪˈdʒɔɪs/
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- [ri-jois]
- /rɪˈdʒɔɪs/
Definitions of rejoice word
- verb without object rejoice to be glad; take delight (often followed by in): to rejoice in another's happiness. 1
- verb with object rejoice to make joyful; gladden: a song to rejoice the heart. 1
- intransitive verb rejoice feel joyful 1
- intransitive verb rejoice feel joyful about 1
- verbal expression rejoice take pleasure 1
- verbal expression rejoice express joy 1
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Origin of rejoice
First appearance:
before 1275 One of the 13% oldest English words
1275-1325; Middle English rejoicen < Old French rejouiss-, long stem of rejouir, equivalent to re- re- + jouir to rejoice; see joy
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Parts of speech for Rejoice
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
rejoice popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 79% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
rejoice usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for rejoice
verb rejoice
- anesthetize — to cause anesthesia in; give an anesthetic to
- anesthetized — to render physically insensible, as by an anesthetic.
- arride — to gladden or give pleasure or satisfaction to (a person)
- beat the drum — a musical percussion instrument consisting of a hollow, usually cylindrical, body covered at one or both ends with a tightly stretched membrane, or head, which is struck with the hand, a stick, or a pair of sticks, and typically produces a booming, tapping, or hollow sound.
- blow off steam — water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
Antonyms for rejoice
verb rejoice
- deplore — If you say that you deplore something, you think it is very wrong or immoral.
- eat one's heart out — Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- grieve — to feel grief or great sorrow: She has grieved over his death for nearly three years.
- moan — a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- mourn — Feel or show deep sorrow or regret for (someone or their death), typically by following conventions such as the wearing of black clothes.
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