Joy and Love

Joy

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

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

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

Love noun - A feeling of strong or constant regard for and dedication to someone.

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Joy and love are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Joy" instead a noun "Love".

Nearby Words: loving, lovely, lover, loved, lovable

like	like joy	like love
human	human joy	human love
particular	particular joy	particular love
true	true joy	true love
Other adjectives: genuine, single, sheer, obvious, real, extreme, great, main, sincere, general, apparent, shared, greater, greatest, said.

Because the mind flayers building these can't feel love or joy, they can't build stones that project love or joy, and as such the next generation of hideous tentacle-faced monsters won't understand love and joy either.

Source: Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
In Hook, the grown up Peter regains his ability to fly when he remembers the love and joy he felt when his son was born.

Source: The Power of Love
Voldemort imprints Harry with the memories of all the loved ones he has seen die by that point at Voldemort's hands, before Harry turns it back on him by noting that he truly pities him for his inability to feel love or the joy of friendship.

Source: Film / Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

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