Joy and Rage

Joy

Joy noun - A feeling or state of well-being and contentment.

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Rage and joy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rage" instead a noun "Joy".

Nearby Words: joyful, joyous, joyless, joyfully, joyously

Rage noun - A state of wildly excited activity or emotion.

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Joy and rage are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Joy" instead the word "Rage" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: raging, raged

human	human joy	human rage
pure	pure joy	pure rage
utter	utter joy	utter rage
true	true joy	true rage
Other adjectives: genuine, sheer, real, collective, extreme, great, absolute, childish, inner, righteous, subsequent, unbridled, psychotic.

Before ever seeing her he could feel her emotions (her passion, rage, joy, sadness, pain, jealousy, pride...) burning inside her, and compared with everyone else he knew she burnt like a flame and he could not help getting drawn to it.

Source: Fan Fic / Thousand Shinji
In DuckTales, "Hero for Hire", Scrooge's joy that Launchpad was only Faking the Dead soon becomes rage.

Source: Anger Born of Worry
The sheer joy he expresses when he thinks he's found a replacement for L, and the rage he expresses when the new L doesn't live up to his expectations add to this interpretation.

Source: Lonely at the Top

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