Feeling and Joy

Feeling

Feeling noun - A subjective response to a person, thing, or situation.

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

Nearby Words: feel, feelingly, feeler, feeing

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

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Feeling and joy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Feeling" instead a noun "Joy".

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

human	human feeling	human joy
particular	particular feeling	particular joy
certain	certain feeling	certain joy
true	true feeling	true joy
Other adjectives: genuine, sheer, deep, simple, real, great, sick, happy, beautiful, personal, general, overwhelming, immense, sudden.

Bart: I thought I'd be jumping for joy the day Skinner got fired, but all I have now is this weird, warm feeling on the back of my neck.

Source: What Is This Feeling?
Lars Olfen: The nachesnote joy that I'm feeling right now... 'cause your dad was like mishpochenote family to me.

Source: Yiddish as a Second Language
Compare Frollo's song, "Hellfire", to Quasimodo's, in which he sings with innocent joy about how this wondrous feeling he's discovered must be like "Heaven's Light".

Source: Love at First Sight

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