English dictionary: words starting with j - page 37

Meanings of Joyless:

adjective

Not giving or feeling any pleasure or satisfaction; grim or dismal.

Usage examples:

She had to face the thought of a joyless future

Meanings of Joylessly:

adverb

In a way that shows or involves no happiness

Usage examples:

I don't know how he could talk so joylessly about his children., her life had grown so relentlessly…

Meanings of Joylessness:

noun

The quality of showing or involving no happiness

Usage examples:

She shrugged and responded with a degree of joylessness., there's a joylessness to these songs.

Meanings of Joyous:

adjective

Full of happiness and joy.

Usage examples:

Scenes of joyous celebration

Meanings of Joyously:

adverb

With great happiness and joy.

Usage examples:

The players joyously celebrated a great victory

Meanings of Joyousness:

noun

The quality of feeling or showing a lot of happiness

Usage examples:

She had a natural kind of joyousness., there's an innocence and joyousness to this music.

Meanings of Joyride:

noun

A ride for enjoyment in a vehicle or aircraft.

Usage examples:

They went for a joyride

Meanings of Joyrider:

noun

A person who takes a fast and dangerous ride in a vehicle, especially one that has been stolen.

Usage examples:

A joyrider sped past with a police car in pursuit

Meanings of Joyriders:

noun

A person who takes a fast and dangerous ride in a vehicle, especially one that has been stolen.

Usage examples:

A joyrider sped past with a police car in pursuit

Meanings of Joyrides:

noun

A ride for enjoyment in a vehicle or aircraft.

Usage examples:

They went for a joyride

Meanings of Joyriding:

noun

The action or practice of driving fast and dangerously in a stolen car for enjoyment.

Usage examples:

The crackdown on joyriding

Meanings of Joys:

noun

A feeling of great pleasure and happiness.

Usage examples:

Tears of joy

verb

Rejoice.

Usage examples:

I felt shame that i had ever joyed in his discomfiture or pain

Meanings of Joystick:

noun

The control column of an aircraft.

Usage examples:

The pilot controls direction with a joystick in one hand and speed with a slider in the other

Meanings of Joysticks:

noun

The control column of an aircraft.

Usage examples:

The pilot controls direction with a joystick in one hand and speed with a slider in the other

Meanings of Jr:

abbreviation

Junior (in names).

Usage examples:

John smith jr

Meanings of Js:

noun

The tenth letter of the alphabet.

abbreviation

Jack (used in describing play in card games).

(in electrical engineering and electronics) the imaginary quantity equal to the square root of minus one.

Meanings of Juan:

noun

A man who has had sex with a lot of women

Meanings of Juba:

noun

A dance originating among plantation slaves in the southern us, featuring rhythmic handclapping and slapping of the thighs.

Usage examples:

Later moses reveals more subtle changes in character, as when, in reaction to a shock, he begins to…

proper noun

The capital of south sudan, on the white nile; population 250,000 (est. 2005).

Meanings of Jube:

noun

A jujube lozenge.

Usage examples:

I've also put away all the toffees, fudge, chocolate, biscuits, chocolate covered biscuits and jube…

Meanings of Jubes:

noun

A jujube lozenge.

Usage examples:

I've also put away all the toffees, fudge, chocolate, biscuits, chocolate covered biscuits and jube…

Meanings of Jubilant:

adjective

Feeling or expressing great happiness and triumph.

Usage examples:

A large number of jubilant fans ran on to the pitch

Meanings of Jubilantly:

adverb

In a way that shows or involves great happiness, especially because of a success

Usage examples:

As she reached the finishing line, she jubilantly threw up her arms., people were jubilantly celebr…

Meanings of Jubilate:

verb

Show great happiness; rejoice.

Usage examples:

Sing and jubilate aloud before god

noun

Psalm 100, beginning jubilate deo ‘rejoice in god’, especially as used as a canticle in the anglican service of matins.

Usage examples:

The opening jubilate made for a rousing start, though there were some uncertainties of pitch in the…

Meanings of Jubilated:

verb

Show great happiness; rejoice.

Usage examples:

Sing and jubilate aloud before god

noun

Psalm 100, beginning jubilate deo ‘rejoice in god’, especially as used as a canticle in the anglican service of matins.

Usage examples:

The opening jubilate made for a rousing start, though there were some uncertainties of pitch in the…

Meanings of Jubilates:

verb

Show great happiness; rejoice.

Usage examples:

Sing and jubilate aloud before god

noun

Psalm 100, beginning jubilate deo ‘rejoice in god’, especially as used as a canticle in the anglican service of matins.

Usage examples:

The opening jubilate made for a rousing start, though there were some uncertainties of pitch in the…