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happy
What does happy mean?
happy (adjective): enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use happy in a sentence?
- A happy marriage. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce happy?
/ˈhæpi/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does happy come from?
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”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are antonyms of happy?
Words related to happy
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “happy” mean?
lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity
Not quite: that's what stupid means.
having a large physical extent from side to side
Not quite: that's what wide means.
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
Right! That's what “happy” means.
not open or public; kept private or not revealed
Not quite: that's what secret means.
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