Rejoice

Quick meaning: Rejoice is a verb meaning (intransitive) To be very happy, be delighted, exult; to feel joy.

Meaning

(intransitive) To be very happy, be delighted, exult; to feel joy.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To make happy, exhilarate.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To have (someone) as a lover or spouse; to enjoy sexually.
3. (obsolete) To enjoy.

Example Sentences

Were he [Cain] alive, it would rejoice his soul to see what mischief it had made.

Leicester closed out the win to spark emotional scenes as those inside Wembley rejoiced in a landmark victory.

c. 1449–1455, Reginald Peacock, Represser of over-much weeting [blaming] of the Clergie his brother Constans next aftir him rejoiced the same west-parti.

Obscurity, indeed, is painful to the mind as well as to the eye ; but to bring light from obscurity, by whatever labour, must needs to be delightful and rejoicing.

Word Forms

• rejoices
• rejoicing
• rejoiced
• rejoyce

Synonyms for rejoice

Depending on context, synonyms include blithen, rapture, elate, happify, beatify, enrapture.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include jubilate, exult, joy, revel, triumph, wallow.

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