Joy and Melancholy

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Joy

Joy noun - A feeling or state of well-being and contentment.
Usage example: the inexpressible joy that the couple are feeling upon the birth of their first child
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Melancholy is an antonym for joy in pleasure topic.
Nearby Words: joyful, joyous, joyless, joyfully, joyously

Melancholy

Melancholy noun - A state or spell of low spirits.
Usage example: the bleakness of winter sometimes gives me cause for melancholy
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Joy is an antonym for melancholy in topics: sadness, depression.
Nearby Words: melancholic, melancholia
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How words are described

pure pure joy pure melancholy
certain certain joy certain melancholy

Both words in one sentence

  • Music / Joy Electric Nonindicative Title: Joy Electric has far more songs ranging from melancholy to outright wangsty than they do genuinely joyful songs.
    Source: Music / Joy Electric
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Melancholy and Joy. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/joy/melancholy
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