- joyous - full of or characterized by joy; "felt a joyous abandon"
Antonyms: joyless, funereal, sepulchral, mirthless, unamused, unsmiling
- joyful, joyous - full of or suggesting exultant happiness; "a joyful heart"; "a joyful occasion"; "the joyous news"; "joyous laughter"
Antonym: unhappy (indirect, via happy)