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happiness
(mass) | happiness
- šťastie |
happiness
(encz) | happiness,radost n: |
happiness
(encz) | happiness,spokojenost n: Pino |
happiness
(encz) | happiness,štěstí n: |
happiness
(encz) | happiness,veselost n: |
Happiness
(gcide) | Happiness \Hap"pi*ness\, n. [From Happy.]
1. Good luck; good fortune; prosperity.
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All happiness bechance to thee in Milan! --Shak.
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2. An agreeable feeling or condition of the soul arising from
good fortune or propitious happening of any kind; the
possession of those circumstances or that state of being
which is attended with enjoyment; the state of being
happy; contentment; joyful satisfaction; felicity;
blessedness.
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3. Fortuitous elegance; unstudied grace; -- used especially
of language.
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Some beauties yet no precepts can declare,
For there's a happiness, as well as care. --Pope.
Syn: Happiness, Felicity, Blessedness, Bliss.
Usage: Happiness is generic, and is applied to almost every
kind of enjoyment except that of the animal appetites;
felicity is a more formal word, and is used more
sparingly in the same general sense, but with elevated
associations; blessedness is applied to the most
refined enjoyment arising from the purest social,
benevolent, and religious affections; bliss denotes
still more exalted delight, and is applied more
appropriately to the joy anticipated in heaven.
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O happiness! our being's end and aim! --Pope.
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Others in virtue place felicity,
But virtue joined with riches and long life;
In corporal pleasures he, and careless ease.
--Milton.
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His overthrow heaped happiness upon him;
For then, and not till then, he felt himself,
And found the blessedness of being little.
--Shak.
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happiness
(wn) | happiness
n 1: state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from
contentment to intense joy [syn: happiness, felicity]
[ant: unhappiness]
2: emotions experienced when in a state of well-being [ant:
sadness, unhappiness] |
happiness
(devil) | HAPPINESS, n. An agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the
misery of another.
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unhappiness
(mass) | unhappiness
- nešťastie, smútok |
right to the pursuit of happiness
(encz) | right to the pursuit of happiness, n: |
unhappiness
(encz) | unhappiness,neštěstí n: Zdeněk Brožunhappiness,smutek n: Zdeněk Brož |
with happiness
(encz) | with happiness, adv: |
Happiness
(gcide) | Happiness \Hap"pi*ness\, n. [From Happy.]
1. Good luck; good fortune; prosperity.
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All happiness bechance to thee in Milan! --Shak.
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2. An agreeable feeling or condition of the soul arising from
good fortune or propitious happening of any kind; the
possession of those circumstances or that state of being
which is attended with enjoyment; the state of being
happy; contentment; joyful satisfaction; felicity;
blessedness.
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3. Fortuitous elegance; unstudied grace; -- used especially
of language.
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Some beauties yet no precepts can declare,
For there's a happiness, as well as care. --Pope.
Syn: Happiness, Felicity, Blessedness, Bliss.
Usage: Happiness is generic, and is applied to almost every
kind of enjoyment except that of the animal appetites;
felicity is a more formal word, and is used more
sparingly in the same general sense, but with elevated
associations; blessedness is applied to the most
refined enjoyment arising from the purest social,
benevolent, and religious affections; bliss denotes
still more exalted delight, and is applied more
appropriately to the joy anticipated in heaven.
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O happiness! our being's end and aim! --Pope.
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Others in virtue place felicity,
But virtue joined with riches and long life;
In corporal pleasures he, and careless ease.
--Milton.
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His overthrow heaped happiness upon him;
For then, and not till then, he felt himself,
And found the blessedness of being little.
--Shak.
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Unhappiness
(gcide) | Unhappy \Un*hap"py\, a.
1. Not happy or fortunate; unfortunate; unlucky; as, affairs
have taken an unhappy turn.
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2. In a degree miserable or wretched; not happy; sad;
sorrowful; as, children render their parents unhappy by
misconduct.
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3. Marked by infelicity; evil; calamitous; as, an unhappy
day. "The unhappy morn." --Milton.
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4. Mischievous; wanton; wicked. [Obs.] --Shak.
[1913 Webster] -- Un*hap"pi*ly, adv. --
Un*hap"pi*ness, n.
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right to the pursuit of happiness
(wn) | right to the pursuit of happiness
n 1: the right to try to find happiness |
unhappiness
(wn) | unhappiness
n 1: emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being
[syn: sadness, unhappiness] [ant: happiness]
2: state characterized by emotions ranging from mild
discontentment to deep grief [ant: felicity, happiness] |
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