Happy
Required
Required adjective - Forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law.
Happy and required are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Happy" instead an adjective "Required".
Nearby Words: requirement, requiring
Both words in one sentence
- Anyone who isn't happy is a traitor and can be punished, such as by being required to take drugs that make you happy.
Source: Thoughtcrime -
Fortunately, none of these are required to complete the Pokédex (though you may not be happy with having obvious gaps in it).
Source: Secret Character -
Some viewers were upset that Hook could fly at the end, since he should have no happy thoughts, but in the book, happy thoughts are not actually required, that was just something Peter made up.
Source: Film / Peter Pan
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Required and Happy. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/happy/required
Happy & Required. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/happy/required>.
Required or Happy. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/happy/required.
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