joyful Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective full of or producing joy
    • make a joyful noise
    • a joyful occasion
  2. adjective satellite full of high-spirited delight
    elated; jubilant; gleeful.
    • a joyful heart

WordNet

Joy"ful adjective
Definitions
  1. Full of joy; having or causing joy; very glad; as, a joyful heart. "Joyful tidings." Shak.
    My soul shall be joyful in my God. Is. lxi. 10.
    Sad for their loss, but joyful of our life. Pope.
    -- Joy"ful*ly, adv. -- Joy"ful*ness, n.

Webster 1913