happy

happy is part of the Basic English 850.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈhæpi/
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• Hyphenation: hap‧py

Adjective

Positive happy

Comparative happier

Superlative happiest

1. Feeling positive.

   He was happy.

2. Causing happiness.

   Her room is happy.

3. Lucky.

   It was a happy chance that they met there.

Synonyms

• (feeling positive) content, contented, pleased, glad, joyful, cheerful, in high spirits, blissful, exultant, ecstatic, delighted, cheery, jovial, on cloud nine
• (causing happiness) cheerful, cheery, cheering, satisfying, uplifting, heartening
• (lucky) lucky, fortunate, favorable or favourable, opportune

Antonyms

• (feeling positive) sad, unhappy, discontent, discontented, unpleased, joyless, cheerless, in low spirits, depressed, gloomy, miserable, dismal, sombre
• (causing happiness) sad, depressing, gloomy, miserable, cheerless, distressing, heartbreaking, heart-rending, poignant, moving, sombre, disheartening
• (lucky) unhappy, unlucky, unfortunate, unfavorable or unfavourable, inopportune, fateful, ill-fated, doomed, star-crossed, ill-starred, ill-omened, inauspicious

Related words

• happiness
• happily