REJOICE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rejoice mean?
• REJOICE (verb)
The verb REJOICE has 3 senses:
1. feel happiness or joy
2. to express great joy
3. be ecstatic with joy
Familiarity information: REJOICE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• REJOICE (verb)
Meaning:
Feel happiness or joy
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
rejoice; joy
Hypernyms (to "rejoice" is one way to...):
experience; feel (undergo an emotional sensation)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rejoice"):
cheer; cheer up; chirk up (become cheerful)
gladden (become glad or happy)
be on cloud nine; exult; jump for joy; walk on air (feel extreme happiness or elation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
To express great joy
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
exuberate; exult; jubilate; rejoice; triumph
Context example:
Who cannot exult in Spring?
Hypernyms (to "rejoice" is one way to...):
cheer; cheer up; chirk up (become cheerful)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rejoice"):
glory (rejoice proudly)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue rejoice over the results of the experiment
Meaning:
Be ecstatic with joy
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
triumph; rejoice; wallow
Hypernyms (to "rejoice" is one way to...):
be on cloud nine; exult; jump for joy; walk on air (feel extreme happiness or elation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something PP
