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Definition: Happy |
HappyAdjective1. Enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure or good fortune; "a happy smile"; "spent many happy days on the beach"; "a happy marriage". 2. Experiencing pleasure or joy; "happy you are here"; "pleased with the good news". 3. Marked by good fortune; "a felicitous life"; "a happy outcome". 4. Satisfied; enjoying well-being and contentment; "felt content with her lot"; "quite happy to let things go on as they are". 5. Exaggerated feeling of well-being or elation. 6. Well expressed and to the point; "a happy turn of phrase"; "a few well-chosen words"; "a felicitous comment". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Happy" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "to be happy". |
Date "happy" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Note: Happy \Hap"py\, adjective. [Comparative Happier; superlative Happiest.]. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Happiness, pleasure or joy is the emotional state of being happy. The definition of happiness is one of the greatest philosophical quandaries. Proposed definitions include freedom from want and distress, consciousness of the good order of things, assurance of one's place in the universe or society, and so forth. Associated emotions include joy, exultation, delight, bliss, and love, and antonyms include suffering, sadness, grief, and anger.
Philosophies of happiness
See also: morality, which might be defined as the study of the fair distribution of happiness.
- Utilitarianism commonly seeks the greatest happiness for the greatest number.
- Epicureanism is the belief that the greatest good is to seek happiness for oneself.
- Hedonism is any philosophical theory that gives pleasure a central role.
- Eudaimonianism is the view, associated with Aristotle that happiness is constituted by faring well and doing well, understood as a life lived in accord with the human excellences or virtues.
Achieving happiness
A number of commonly recommended ways to produce happiness:
But most of the above, as a side effect of causing happiness, can also be addictive. An addiction can mask unhappiness and prevent one from finding true happiness.
- sexual intercourse and other sex. Also Tantra
- closure
- shopping
- money and business, prosperity
- friends and friendships (also penpals)
- romantic relationships and romance
- love
- religion
- philosophy, Epicurus, Epicureanism
- spirituality
- science
- food
- books
- cinema
- dating
- flirting
- kissing
- pets and animals
- gifts
- greeting cards and postcards
- family and parents
- expanding our knowledge, reading and learning new things
- lifestyle
- alternative lifestyles
- drinking, alcohol
- meditation and yoga
- hobbies
- decoration
- sleeping
See also
Happiness is also a 1998 U.S film written and directed by Todd Solondz.
- Paradox of hedonism
- Psychology
- Emotion
- Utopia
- Ergot
Joy is a 1990 novel by Marsha Hunt.
See also: Bill Joy
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Happiness."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Happy is a town located in Texas. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 647.Geography
Happy is located at 34°44'38" North, 101°51'25" West (34.743810, -101.857037)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.8 km² (1.1 mi²). None of the area is covered with water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 647 people, 267 households, and 182 families residing in the town. The population density is 233.5/km² (607.5/mi²). There are 295 housing units at an average density of 106.4/km² (277.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 89.18% White, 0.62% African American, 1.24% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 6.80% from other races, and 2.16% from two or more races. 17.31% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 267 households out of which 30.7% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.2% are married couples living together, 5.2% have a female householder with no husband present, and 31.8% are non-families. 28.1% of all households are made up of individuals and 16.1% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.42 and the average family size is 2.97. In the town the population is spread out with 25.8% under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 26.7% from 25 to 44, 19.3% from 45 to 64, and 18.9% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 38 years. For every 100 females there are 95.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 100.0 males. The median income for a household in the town is $28,393, and the median income for a family is $39,375. Males have a median income of $26,964 versus $17,917 for females. The per capita income for the town is $14,618. 13.4% of the population and 10.9% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 12.1% are under the age of 18 and 10.0% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Happy, Texas."
Synonyms: HappySynonyms: content(p) (adj), euphoric (adj), felicitous (adj), pleased (adj), well-chosen (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonyms: dysphoric (adj), unhappy (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Agreement | Apt, apposite, pertinent, pat; to the point, to the purpose; happy, felicitous, germane, ad rem, in point, on point, directly on point, bearing upon, applicable, relevant, admissible. |
Cheerfulness | Adjective: cheerful; happy; cheery, cheerly; of good cheer, smiling; blithe; in spirits, in good spirits; breezy, bully, chipper; in high spirits, in high feather; happy as the day is long, happy as a king; gay as a lark; allegro; debonair; light, lightsome, light hearted; buoyant, debonnaire, bright, free and easy, airy; janty, jaunty, canty; hedonic; riant; sprightly, sprightful; spry; spirited, spiritful; lively, animated, vivacious; brisk as a bee; sparkling, sportive; full of play, full of spirit; all alive. |
Elegance | Felicitous, happy, neat; well put, neatly put, well expressed, neatly expressed |
Occasion | Providential, lucky, fortunate, happy, favorable, propitious, auspicious, critical; suitable; obiter dicta. |
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Screenplays | If he honestly thinks that the environmental community is going to whistle a happy tune while rallying support around this pitifully lame mockery of environmental leadership just because he's a nice guy and he's done better than his predecessors, then your boss is the Chief Executive of Fantasyland (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin.) She's she's really happy. She thinks she's in love (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball) Where none suffered, where everyone would be happy. It was a disaster (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski) She and the infant had been buried less than half a year; I would have been happy to join them (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice) Look - you should be happy for me. You don't know what he says to me in private (Almost Famous; writing credit: Cameron Crowe) | |
Lyrics | Oh happy day ("O Happy Day"; performing artist: Edwin Hawkins Singers) Shiny happy people holding hands (Shiny Happy People; performing artist: R.E.M.) So happy together (Happy Together; performing artist: The Nylons) You should be good and happy that there's something you can eat (Happy Birthday; performing artist: Weird Al Yankovic) Ta keep me happy theres no limit to tha things ya did (Dear Mama; performing artist: 2Pac) | |
Clever | West Virginia: One Big Happy Family ... Really! (references; author: unknown) What Has Four Legs And An Arm? A Happy Pit Bull. (references; author: unknown) New FAA motto: "We're not happy till you're not happy. (references; author: unknown) No happy time is really gone if it leaves a special memory. (references; author: unknown) If you depend on others to make you happy, you will be endlessly disappointed. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Happy Together (2001) The Happy Prince (1974) Happy Days (1974) The Life and Times of the Happy Hooker (1974) Happy as the Grass Was Green (1973) | |
Song Titles | Happy Feet (performing artist: Joanie Bartels) You’ve Made Me So Very Happy (performing artist: Sweat and Tears Blood) Happy To Meet (performing artist: The Chieftans) If You Wanna Be Happy (performing artist: Jimmy Soul) Be Happy (performing artist: Mary J. Blige) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Happy to walk away Triangulation party of Norman Sylar. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | A happy face cactus in the Galapagos Islands During western hemisphere magnetic project. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Sun, sand, surf, and happy children - what a great beach!. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | A happy fisherman with a 6.3 pound Red Drum at Veteran's Park. Credit: Fisheries. |
 | Happy fishermen displaying their catch after a cold and rainy day off Gloucester . Aboard the headboat YANKEE PATRIOT out of Gloucester. Credit: Fisheries. |  | Happy crew members as the RAINIER approaches Lake Union ship base at the end of a long surveying season. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | Sign Happy Jack Chalk mine Scotia, NE. Credit: USDA. |  | Dawn view from the peak of the Happy Jack Chalk mine. Credit: USDA. |
 | Local high school volunteers works on cleaning up at the Happy Jack Chalk mine peak Scotia, NE. Credit: USDA. |  | NRCS employees take measurements at the Happy Jack Chalk mine peak Scotia, NE. Credit: USDA. |
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| "Happy cow" by Frank Van Den Hurk Commentary: "Cow in dutch countryside." | "Happy child" by Thomas Johansson Commentary: "This is a happy child in Sweden." |
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 | Happy shuffle style piece with a strong synthesized backbeat. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Aeschylus | Call no man happy till he is dead. |
Author Unknown | Manners are happy ways of doing things. |
Euripides | Account no man happy till he dies. |
Horace | No lot is altogether happy. |
Johann W. Von Goethe | The happy do not believe in miracles. |
Sir Alec Guiness | Acting is happy agony. |
Sir John Bowring | A happy family is but an earlier heaven. |
Virgil | How happy those whose walls already rise! |
William Shakespeare | Happy in that we are not over happy. |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | He seemed not merely happy with her, but proud |
Sylvie and Bruno | Carroll, Lewis | The Chancellor took it haughtily, drank it off thoughtfully, smiled benevolently on the happy waiter as he set down the empty glass, and began |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | Much they saw, and far they went, and many homes they visited, but always with a happy end. |
So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish | Douglas Adams | "I'm terribly happy." |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | The children have come from their schools, and the grown people from their workshops and their fields, on purpose to be happy. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | And were perfectly happy. |
Imitation of Horace | John Dryden | Happy the man, and happy he alone, He who can call to-day his own; He who, secure within, can say, To-morrow, do thy worst, for I have liv'd to-day |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | He was unheeded, happy and near to the wild heart of life |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | Happy, indeed, as we have spent the day. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Looked like Happy Hooligan |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Do these things and you are doing your part toward a happy, healthy pregnancy. (references) | |
Symptoms of Angelman syndrome include unstable jerky gait, hand flapping, unusually happy demeanor, developmental delay, lack of or diminished speech, and microcephaly (small head). (references) | ||
Under the care of an experienced doctor, carefully screened candidates with reasonable expectations and a clear understanding of the risks and alternatives are likely to be happy with the results of their refractive procedure. (references) | ||
Business | This not only makes the customer happy but also the company profitable. (references) | |
Producers of textile wall coverings had few reasons to be happy in the past two years. (references) | ||
The British government is most concerned about the one quarter of the population that is happy to proclaim a total lack of interest in ever using the Internet. (references) | ||
Economic History | Mauritius | Other trading firms include Food and Allied Industries Group, Harel Group, Happy World Ltd., Espitalier Noel Group, and Leal Group. (references) |
Argentina | As a result of both increased competition and consumer protection under the law, businesses are now providing much higher levels of customer service to keep the consumer happy. (references) | |
Human Rights | Cuba | For example, in January the authorities placed Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet in a punishment cell for 5 days after he refused to wish prison guards a happy new year. (references) |
Political Economy | JAPAN | While U.S. carriers have been generally happy with the results of the 1998 agreement, scarcity of slots at Narita airport, along with expensive and inadequate facilities, have limited carriers' ability to use new traffic rights. (references) |
Travel | Bahamas | Even hotels without such centers will be happy to arrange for fax transmissions, office and conference facilities, and other business services. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | TORTOISE, n. A creature thoughtfully created to supply occasion for the following lines by the illustrious Ambat Delaso: TO MY PET TORTOISE My friend, you are not graceful -- not at all; Your gait's between a stagger and a sprawl. Nor are you beautiful: your head's a snake's To look at, and I do not doubt it aches. As to your feet, they'd make an angel weep. 'Tis true you take them in whene'er you sleep. No, you're not pretty, but you have, I own, A certain firmness -- mostly you're [sic] backbone. Firmness and strength (you have a giant's thews) Are virtues that the great know how to use -- I wish that they did not; yet, on the whole, You lack -- excuse my mentioning it -- Soul. So, to be candid, unreserved and true, I'd rather you were I than I were you. Perhaps, however, in a time to be, When Man's extinct, a better world may see Your progeny in power and control, Due to the genesis and growth of Soul. So I salute you as a reptile grand Predestined to regenerate the land. Father of Possibilities, O deign To accept the homage of a dying reign! In the far region of the unforeknown I dream a tortoise upon every throne. I see an Emperor his head withdraw Into his carapace for fear of Law; A King who carries something else than fat, Howe'er acceptably he carries that; A President not strenuously bent On punishment of audible dissent -- Who never shot (it were a vain attack) An armed or unarmed tortoise in the back; Subject and citizens that feel no need To make the March of Mind a wild stampede; All progress slow, contemplative, sedate, And "Take your time" the word, in Church and State. O Tortoise, 'tis a happy, happy dream, My glorious testudinous regime! I wish in Eden you'd brought this about By slouching in and chasing Adam out. |
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Art Linkletter | I'm very happy. I'm doing what I love to do. I have finally reached the age where I realize that while I might not be the brightest guy in the room, I probably have more wisdom than the rest of them. |
Dennis Miller | See how happy that happy meal is. |
Fran Drescher | Well, I was a little, you know, like nervous. It took a little while. I mean, you know like we did it, and I managed to have an orgasm, and we managed to make love, and everything worked, which I was very happy about. |
John McCain | Of course, I'm very happy, as all Americans are pleased that President Carter has been honored in this way. He's worked for peace his entire adult life, and we're glad he received it. |
Julie Nixon Eisenhower | I doubt it. I don't think so. I don't think so. But they certainly were happy to have the exhibit, which was wonderful. In Tiananmen Square, right next to Mao's tomb. |
Regis Philbin | People by and large, my friends, seemed to be very happy for me. They knew how long I'd been around. |
Sela Ward | Oh, definitely and I talk about all the things that I really needed to make me happy at that point in time were outside of Mississippi, and now all the things that I need to make me happy are back there. |
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George Washington | 1789-1797 | The intelligence from the army under the command of General Wayne is a happy presage to our military operations against the hostile Indians north of the Ohio. |
John Adams | 1797-1801 | As to myself, it is my anxious desire so to execute the trust reposed in me as to render the people of the United States prosperous and happy. |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | I am happy in this opportunity of committing the arduous affairs of our Government to the collected wisdom of the Union. |
John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | Perhaps of all the evidence of a prosperous and happy condition of human society the rapidity of the increase of population is the most unequivocal. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | That Government has, I am happy to inform you, manifested a determination to act upon the liberal principles which have marked our commercial policy. |
Martin van Buren | 1837-1841 | How imperious, then, is the obligation imposed upon every citizen, in his own sphere of action, whether limited or extended, to exert himself in perpetuating a condition of things so singularly happy! |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | To be back among so many friends is a happy one. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | Because of the transfer of authority in our form of government affects the state of the Union and of the world, I am happy to report to you that the current transition is proceeding very well. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | Tonight, I am happy to report that because we are strong, our Nation is at peace with the world. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Let us meet them with faith and courage, with patience and a grateful and happy heart. |
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| "Happy" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.30% of the time. "Happy" is used about 11,719 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 99.3% | 11,637 | 793 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.69% | 81 | 36,835 |
| Total | 100.00% | 11,719 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| "Happy" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "to be happy". | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "happy". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Felicia | N/A | Ancient Roman | Happy |
| Hani | Male | Arabic | To be happy |
| Haniyya | Male | Arabic | To be happy |
| Ashur | N/A | Biblical | Who is happy |
| Eutychus | N/A | Biblical | Happy |
| Felix | N/A | Biblical | Happy |
| Feliu | N/A | Catalan | Happy |
| Felicia | N/A | English | Happy |
| Happy | Male, Female | English | To be happy |
| Félicie | N/A | French | Happy |
| Félix | N/A | French | Happy |
| Felicia | N/A | Hungarian | Happy |
| Felice | N/A | Italian | Happy |
| Felicia | N/A | Italian | Happy |
| Feliciano | N/A | Italian | Happy |
| Szczesny | N/A | Polish | Happy |
| Feliciano | N/A | Portuguese | Happy |
| Feliciano | N/A | Spanish | Happy |
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| Country | Name |
| USA | Happy Kids Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Happy, KY 2. Happy, TX (town, FIPS 32156) |
Expressions using "happy": a happy event ♦ a happy new year! ♦ a happy thought! ♦ a happy union ♦ account oneself happy ♦ as happy as a sandboy ♦ be ecstatically happy ♦ be happy ♦ be very happy ♦ blissfully happy ♦ happy and contented ♦ happy birthday! ♦ Happy Camp ♦ happy camper ♦ happy chance ♦ happy christmas! ♦ happy day ♦ happy dispatch ♦ happy easter! ♦ happy end ♦ happy ending ♦ happy event ♦ Happy family ♦ happy go lucky ♦ happy holidays! ♦ happy hour ♦ Happy hunting grounds ♦ happy journey ♦ happy man ♦ happy mean ♦ happy medium ♦ happy new year to you! ♦ happy new year! ♦ happy old age ♦ happy pair ♦ happy release ♦ happy retort ♦ happy to see you! ♦ happy trails ♦ Happy Valley ♦ he might have been happy ♦ i am happy to see you! ♦ i only want you to be happy ♦ i wish you a happy new year ♦ i'm happy to see you up and about ♦ Keep Your Wife Happy Qigong ♦ lead a happy life ♦ make happy ♦ many happy returns ♦ many happy returns of the day ♦ many happy returns of the day! ♦ many happy returns! ♦ may you be happy together! ♦ not to be happy with ♦ slap happy ♦ the happy hunting grounds ♦ the happy medium ♦ the happy pair ♦ thrice happy ♦ wish a merry Christmas and a happy new year ♦ wish many happy returns of the day. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "happy": happy-birthday, happy-everafter, happy-ever-after, happy-families, happy-family, happy-go-luckiness, happy-golucky, happy-go-lucky, happy-go-spend, happy-looking, happy-new-year, happy-snap, happy-snapping, happy-with-a-secret. | |
Ending with "happy": slap-happy, trigger-happy. | |
Containing "happy": gay-and-happy-to-be-gay, whistle-a-happy-tune. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
happy birthday | 4,222 | branch by happy lyrics michelle now | 149 |
happy | 2,002 | happy hour | 130 |
friend happy tree | 1,495 | oh happy day | 126 |
happy now | 1,268 | happy anniversary | 122 |
branch happy lyrics michelle now | 1,081 | happy hardcore | 122 |
happy face | 908 | happy monday | 121 |
happy lyrics now | 805 | happy the land | 115 |
happy day | 692 | trigger happy tv | 113 |
happy father day | 543 | curly davids happy hour | 106 |
happy bunny | 518 | happy camper | 106 |
happy puppy | 493 | happy family | 105 |
happy birthday card | 469 | happy holiday | 100 |
branch happy michelle now | 391 | happy poem | 96 |
happy gilmore | 353 | boy happy noodle | 92 |
happy birthday song | 339 | happy birthday e card | 89 |
slap happy | 274 | happy face picture | 89 |
happy birthday poem | 204 | happy people | 87 |
happy father day card | 166 | happy foot | 86 |
don happy t worry | 150 | happy ending | 85 |
happy trail | 150 | friends.com happy tree | 84 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "happy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | gelukkig (fortunate), bly (abide, be staying, glad, remain, stay, stay over). (various references) | |
Albanian | me vend (apposite, appositely, apt, Pat, pertinent, proper, reasonable, right, seemly, suitable, to the point, welcome), me fat (chancy, fortunate, lucky), i qëlluar, i lumtur (blessed, blissful, carefree, felicitous, fortunate, joyful, joyous, lucky), i kënaqur (amused, appeased, charmed, content, contented, glad, gladsome, pleased, satisfied), i gëzuar (airy, blithe, blithesome, canty, cheerful, coltish, glad, Gladdening, gladsome, gleeful, joyful, joyous, larky, lightsome, merry, mirthful, oared, sprightly), fatmirë (lucky), fatmadh. (various references) | |
Arabic | طَروب (gay), فرح (cheer, cheerful, delight, gaiety, gladden, gladness, glee, gleesome, gloat, joy, joyful, liven up, rejoicing, thaw, tickle), محظوظ (fortuitous, fortunate, granted, lucky, lucrative, providential, succeeded), مسرور (cheerful, delighted, glad, jolly, joyful, merry, pleased), مؤات (advantageous, fair, favorable, favourable, friendly, kindly, lucky, opportune, propitious, prosperous, ripe), مبتهج (alacrity, blithe, breezy, bright, buoyant, carefree, cheerful, cheery, debonair, delighted, delightful, elate, elated, exultant, gay, glad, gleeful, high-spirited, jolly, joyful, joyous, jubilant, mellow, merry, mirthful, overjoyed, palmy, rejoicing, upbeat), سعيد (auspicious, blessed, blissful, blithe, carefree, felicitous, fortuitous, fortunate, gay, glad, happy go lucky, high, in high spirits, joyful, joyous, lucky, merry, pi, pollyanna, providential, thankful, unstressed, upbeat), جذل (be glad, cheerful, exuberant, exult, exultant, exultation, glad, hilarious, jubilation, rapt, rapture, rapturous), بهيج (airy, cheerful, convivial, festive, glad, lovely, merry, shiny, unstressed). (various references) | |
Basque | zoriontsu. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | уместен (advisable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, felicitous, germane, good, neat, opportune, pertinent, poignant, pointful, proper, relevant, timely, to the point, well timed, well-judged), радостен (cheerful, gay, glad, gleeful, jocund, joyful, joyous, lightsome, lusty, merry, mirthful), щастлив (auspicious, blessed, favored, favoured, fortunate, glad, joyful, joyous, lucky, palmy, providential, saturnian, well), с късмет, доволен (cheerful, chuffed, content, contented, glad), добре подбран (well chosen). (various references) | |
Catalan | alegre (glad). (various references) | |
Chinese | 愉快 (cheerful, cheerily, delighted, delightful, pleasant, pleasantly, pleasing). (various references) | |
Czech | vhodný (adequate, advisable, applicable, apposite, appropriate, apt, becoming, convenient, desirable, eligible, expedient, felicitous, fit, fitting, good, matching, opportune, presentable, proper, propitious, right, sufficient, suitable, suited), vhodnì volený, veselý (blithesome, bright, cheerful, chirpy, convivial, exhilarated, gay, gleeful, high-spirited, hilarious, humorous, jaunty, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyous, light hearted, lively, merry, mirthful, pleasant, rollicking, rorty, sportful, vivacious), spokojený (complacent, content, contented, fain, glad, pleased, satisfied), rád (glad, gladly), šťastný. (various references) | |
Danish | lykkelig (fortunate). (various references) | |
Dutch | gelukkig (fortunate, fortunately, unfortunately). (various references) | |
Esperanto | feliĉa (fortunate), ĝoja (glad). (various references) | |
Faeroese | lukkuligur (fortunate), glaður (glad). (various references) | |
Farsi | فرخنده (Auspicious, Beatific, Jubilant), مبارک (Auspicious, Blest), سعید (Auspicious, Blest, Jovial), سعادتمند (Blissful), خوشوقت , خوشحال (Bouncy, Gay, Glad, Jolly, Merry, Sprightly, Wanton), خوشدل (Buoyant, Buxom), خوش (Blissful, Blithe, Buxom, Gay, Good, Jocund, Merry, Sweet), خرسند (Content, Glad), راضی (Acquiescent, Content), شاد (Cheery, Debonair, Exultant, Glad, Joyful, Merry). (various references) | |
Finnish | onnellinen (fortunate, lucky). (various references) | |
French | heureux, joyeux, chanceux. (various references) | |
French Canadian | heureux. (various references) | |
Frisian | lokkich (fortunate), bliid (glad). (various references) | |
German | glücklich (blessed, by luck, felicitous, felicitously, fortunate, golden, happily, lucky, palmy, prosperous, providential, serendipitous, through luck), froh (blithe, cheerily, cheery, glad, gladly, joyful, joyous, lucky, mirthful, pleased). (various references) | |
Greek | ευτυχισμένοσ (blissful), ευτυχισμένος, ευτυχήσ (felicitous). (various references) | |
Guarani | revy'a (you feel happy), avy'a (I feel happy). (various references) | |
Haitian Creole | kontan (glad). (various references) | |
Hebrew | שמח (cheerful, delighted, gay, glad, gleeful, gleesome, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, merry, pleased), נעלס (cheerful, gay, jolly, merry). (various references) | |
Hungarian | boldog (beaming, beatific, blessed, blissful, felicitate, felicitous, glad, gladsome, palmy, sunny, to be fain to do sg). (various references) | |
Icelandic | hamingjusamur (fortunate), sæll (hello), glaður (cheerful, gay, glad, merry). (various references) | |
Indonesian | sumringah (glad, joyous), girang (cheerful, delightful, elate, glad, merry), gembira (bouncy, breezy, cheerful, exulant, gay, glad, jolly, merry, rejoice), berbahagia, bahagia (blithe). (various references) | |
Inuktitut | quviasuktuq (to be happy). (various references) | |
Irish | sóch, sásta. (various references) | |
Italian | felice (felicitous, fortunate, glad, good, halcyon, joyful, lucky, pleased), lieto (cheerily, cheery, delighted, glad, merry, pleased, regales, regally), contento (cheerful, content, contented, fain, glad, pleased, satisfied). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 愉快 (pleasant), 吉祥 (auspicious, lucky omen). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | たのしげ (cheerful, pleasant), ハッピー , きっしょう (auspicious, lucky omen), きちじょう (auspicious, lucky omen), さちある (fortunate, lucky), うれしい (glad, pleasant), めでたい (auspicious, joyous, propitious, simple soul), ゆかい (pleasant), よろこばしい (delightful, gratifying, joyful, joyous). (various references) | |
Korean | 행복한 (Blissful). (various references) | |
Luganda | nsanyuse (am glad, I am happy). (various references) | |
Malagasy | faly. (various references) | |
Malay | senang (glad). (various references) | |
Manx | sonney (affluent, fortunate, lucky), maynrey, gerjoilagh (reassuring). (various references) | |
Norwegian | glad (cheerful, gay, glad, joyful, merry). (various references) | |
Occitan | urós, astruc. (various references) | |
Papiamen | felis (fortunate), alegre (cheerful, gay, glad, merry). (various references) | |
Pidgin English | hapy. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | appyhay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | feliz (blissful, carefree, felicitous, fortunate, gay, glad, gladsome, joyous, lucky, merry, palmy, prosperous, providential, successful), contente (canty, content, contented, glad, gladsome, gleeful, jolly, joyful, mirthful, pleased, satisfied, triumphant), alegre (alive, blithe, blithesome, bonny, boon, breezy, brisk, buoyant, buxom, canty, cheerful, cheery, chirpy, coltish, convivial, corky, diverting, entertaining, exhilarated, festal, festive, frolicsome, gamesome, gay, glad, gladsome, gleeful, hilarious, holiday, jaunty, jocular, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, jubilant, larksome, laughing, light, light-hearted, lightsome, lively, merry, mirthful, peart, resilient, slaphappy, sportful, sportive, sprightly, tipsy, vivid, volatile, winsome). (various references) | |
Portuguese Brazilian | feliz, contente. (various references) | |
Quechua | kusikuni (I am happy, I am pleased, I am very pleased), kusichiwan (she has made me happy). (various references) | |
Romanian | fericit (beatific, beatifical, blessed, blithe, felicitous, fortunate, glad, happily, joyful, successful). (various references) | |
Russian | счастливый (blessed, blissful, fortunate, glad, lucky). (various references) | |
Scottish | sona, aoibhneach (cheerful, joyful). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | veseo (blithe, blithesome, canty, cheerful, exuberant, festive, frolic, gay, jocose, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, lighthearted, lightsome, lively, merry, mirthful, perky, rejoicing, rollicking), srećan (fortunate, lucky). (various references) | |
Somali | faraxsanahy. (various references) | |
Sotho | thabile (am happy), thabetse (am happy), thabela (am happy), monate (am happy, is nice, very nice). (various references) | |
Spanish | alegre (airy, blithe, blithesome, boon, breezy, bright, canty, cheerful, cheery, chipper, Chirk, chirpy, chuffed, contentious, convivial, debonair, felicitous, gamesome, gay, glad, high-spirited, holiday, jaunty, jocose, jolly, joyful, light, light hearted, lightsome, lively, merry, mirthful, perky, pert, playful, pleased, rollicking, sportful, sporty, swinging, upbeat, zappy), feliz (blessed, blest, blissful, felicitous, lucky, slaphappy). (various references) | |
Sranan | breyti (glad). (various references) | |
Swahili | nafurahi (I am happy). (various references) | |
Swedish | lycklig (blessed, felicitous, fortunate, lucky, successful), glad (bonny, bright, canty, cheerful, cheery, Chirk, chirpy, debonair, delighted, gay, glad, gladsome, gleeful, gleesome, high, hilarious, jocund, jolly, joyful, joyous, merry, pleased). (various references) | |
Tagalog | masayá (fortunate), maligáya (fortunate). (various references) | |
Tahitian | 'oa'oa. (various references) | |
Thai | โชคดี (get a lucky break, jammy, luck, luckily, lucky), มีความสุข. (various references) | |
Tswana | itumetse (am happy, pleased). (various references) | |
Turkish | heyecanlı (agitated, aglow, agog, astir, crazed, declamatory, dramatic, emotional, excitable, excited, exciting, febrile, feverish, glowing, gone, gripping, heated, hectic, het up, hot, impassioned, in a lather, inspired, nail biting, rhapsodic, rhapsodical, spirited, stormy, thrilling, tiptoe, vibrant, warm, wrought up, zealous), uyuşuk (asleep, benumbed, bonelazy, bovine, dormant, drowsy, indolent, inert, lackadaisical, lazy, lethargic, lethargical, numb, poky, quiescent, slack, slacker, sleepy, slothful, slouching, slouchy, soggy, stick in the mud, supine, torpid), sevindirici (gladsome, happy go lucky, joyful, joyous, rejoicing), sevinçli (elated, glad, gladsome, jovial, joyful, joyous, mirthful, rejoicing), sersem (addle-brained, addle-headed, addle-pated, clod, dizzy, dope, dozy, dull, dullard, foggy, foolish, giddy, gunsel, light-headed, muddleheaded, muzzy, nincompoop, ninny, nitwit, oaf, oafish, opaque, scatterbrain, scatterbrained, scatty, sheepish, silly, slob, stupid, woozy), mutlu (blissful, blithe, chuffed, contented, delighted, elated, felicitous, merry, palmy, rejoicing), mesut, memnun (chuffed, content, delighted, glad, gladsome, grateful, gratified, pleased, rejoiced at, satisfied), kutlu (auspicious, blessed), iyi (agreeable, all right, alright, b, comfortable, decent, decently, fair, fine, good, gratifying, great, just, kind, o.k., ok, okay, sound, well, well enough), delisi (crazy for, mad about, wild about), bahtíyar (fortunate), şaşkın (addle-brained, addled, addle-headed, addle-pated, all abroad, at an end, bemused, bepuzzle, bewildered, confused, consternated, dizzy, dumbfounded, gaping, open-eyed, pixilated, puzzled, puzzle-headed, sheepish, slaphappy, taken aback, thunderstruck, twisted, wide-eyed, wondering), çakırkeyif (fuddled, halfseas-over, hazy, jolly, oiled, on, screwed, shot, somewhat drunk, squiffy, tiddly, tipsy). (various references) | |
Turkmen | hoюbagt (fortunate, lucky), sapaly (blessed, merry), юoh (gay), юat (joyful), monзa bolmak (be glad, rejoice), maсlaяly (fortunate, lucky). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | щасливий (blessed, blithe, chancy, felicitous, fortunate, golden, joyful, joyous, lucky, overjoyed, palmy, providential, thrifty), вдалий (apposite, chancy, felicitous, lucky, prosperous, successful), задоволений (amused, comfortable, content, contented, satisfied). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | hạnh phúc khéo chọn, vui sướng (gleeful, gleesome, joyous, jubilant), thành ngữ (locution), tốt phúc sung sướng, rất đúng, rất đắt (happily). (various references) | |
Welsh | hapus (fortunate). (various references) | |
Wolof | kontaan, bég. (various references) | |
Yucatec | kiimak ool (contented, glad, pleased, satisfied). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | alacer, alacri, beata, beatae, beatam, beati, beatior, beatissimam, beatius, beato, beatos, beatum, beatus, felice, felicem, felices, felici, feliciorem, felix, felix felicis, fortunati, fortunatus, gauisus, laeti, laetum, laetus, lætus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 28, Verse 14 |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Beatus homo qui semper est pavidus qui vero mentis est durae corruet in malum |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Blisful the man, that euermor is ferdful; who forsothe is of hard mynde, shal falle in to euel. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Happy is the man that feareth always: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Happy is the man in whom is the fear of the Lord at all times; but he whose heart is hard will come into trouble. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 28, Verse 14 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Malipayon ang tawo nga mahadlokon sa kanunay; Apan kadtong nagapagahi sa iyang kasingkasing mahulog ngadto sa dautang buhat. |
| Chinese | 常 存 敬 畏 的 、 便 為 有 福 ． 心 存 剛 硬 的 、 必 陷 在 禍 患 裡 。 |
| Croatian | Blago èovjeku uvijek bojaznu, jer èovjek okorjela srca zapada u nesreæu. |
| Danish | Saligt det Menneske, som altid ængstes, men forhærder man sit Hjerte, falder man i Ulykke. |
| Dutch | Welgelukzalig is de mens, die geduriglijk vreest; maar die zijn hart verhardt, zal in het kwaad vallen. |
| Finnish | Onnellinen se ihminen, joka aina on aralla tunnolla; mutta joka sydämensä paaduttaa, se onnettomuuteen lankeaa. |
| French | Heureux l`homme qui est continuellement dans la crainte! Mais celui qui endurcit son coeur tombe dans le malheur. |
| German | Wohl dem, der sich allewege fürchtet; wer aber sein Herz verhärtet, wird in Unglück fallen. |
| Haitian Creole | ¶ Ala bon sa bon pou moun ki toujou gen krentif pou Bondye! Men, moun k'ap fè tèt di ak Bondye ap wè malè tonbe sou yo. |
| Hungarian | Boldog ember, a ki szüntelen retteg; a ki pedig megkeményíti az õ szívét, bajba esik. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Hormatilah TUHAN selalu, maka engkau akan bahagia. Jika engkau melawan Dia, engkau mendapat celaka. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Berbahagialah orang yang takut selalu, tetapi orang yang mengeraskan hatinya itu akan jatuh ke dalam celaka. |
| Italian | Beato l'uomo che teme sempre, chi indurisce il cuore cadrà nel male. |
| Maori | ¶ Ka hari te tangata e wehi tonu ana: ko te tangata ia e whakapakeke ana i tona ngakau, ka taka ki te kino. |
| Norwegian | Salig er det menneske som alltid frykter; men den som forherder sitt hjerte, faller i ulykke. |
| Portuguese | Feliz é o homem que teme ao Senhor continuamente; mas o que endurece o seu coração virá a cair no mal. |
| Rumanian | Ferice de omul care se teme necontenit, dar cel ce-wi kmpietrewte inima cade kn nenorocire. - |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "happy": slaphappy, unhappy. (additional references) | |
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"Happy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: appy, Chappys, Hampi, Hapc, Hapi, hapn, happ, Happe, happi, happie, happt, Happyhol, hapy, heppi, hhappy, hippi, hipy, hoppi, hoppy, Huapi, huppy, Iapyx, jeppy, Mappy, rappy, Sheppy. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "happy" (pronounced ha"pē) |
| 4 | h a" p ē | unhappy. |
| 3 | -a" p ē | crappie, scrappy, snappy. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-h-p-p-y" | |
-2 letters: hap, hay, hyp, pah, pap, pay, pya, yah, yap. | |
-3 letters: ah, ay, ha, pa, ya. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-h-p-p-y" | |
+2 letters: happily, unhappy. | |
+3 letters: apophony, apophyge, epiphany, hypopnea, pansophy. | |
+4 letters: apocrypha, apophyges, apophyses, apophysis, epigraphy, haplotype, hyperopia, hyperpnea, hypopneas, paranymph, photoplay, polygraph, polyphagy, polyphase, poppyhead, porphyria, slaphappy, typograph, unhappily. | |
+5 letters: apocryphal, apophyseal, coprophagy, epiphyseal, epiphysial, gypsophila, haplotypes, hyperopias, hyperplane, hyperpneas, hyperspace, hypoplasia, naprapathy, paranymphs, paraphyses, paraphysis, photoplays, polygraphs, polyphagia, polyphasic, poppyheads, porphyrias, psychopath, saprophyte, snappishly, topography, tryptophan, typographs, typography. | |
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