Joy and Remorse

Opposite meaning words

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

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Remorse is an antonym for joy.

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

Remorse noun - A feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing.

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Joy is an antonym for remorse in guilty or bad conscience topic.

Nearby Words: remorseless, remorseful

utter	utter joy	utter remorse
endless	endless joy	endless remorse
true	true joy	true remorse
genuine	genuine joy	genuine remorse
Other adjectives: sheer, deep, obvious, real, extreme, great, sincere, apparent, sudden, sadistic.

The political cartoons in The Onion have the Statue of Liberty cry either a tear of joy or a tear of remorse nearly Once an Episode.

Source: Single Tear
She survives, and when the sincerely repenting groom learns this, his Tears of Remorse become Tears of Joy.

Source: Widowed at the Wedding

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