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 Definitions of HAPPY  [ˈhæp i]  

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Definition of 'HAPPY' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) happy
delighted, pleased, or glad, as over a particular thing.

2.  happy
characterized by or indicative of pleasure, contentment, or joy:
a happy mood.

3.  happy
fortunate or lucky:
a happy, fruitful land.

4.  happy
apt or felicitous, as actions, utterances, or ideas.

5.  happy
obsessed by or quick to use the item indicated (usu. used in combination):
a trigger-happy gangster.

Etymology:  (1300–50; see hap1, -y1)

Definition of 'HAPPY' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) happy
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
"a happy smile"; "spent many happy days on the beach"; "a happy marriage"

2. (adj) felicitous, happy
marked by good fortune
"a felicitous life"; "a happy outcome"

3. (adj) glad, happy
eagerly disposed to act or to be of service
"glad to help"

4. (adj) happy, well-chosen
well expressed and to the point
"a happy turn of phrase"; "a few well-chosen words"


Definition of 'HAPPY' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) happy
≠ sad
Everyone wants to be happy.; I'm not happy about the way the dress looks.

2.  happy
satisfied
We're very happy with your work.

3.  happy
showing or full of happiness
a happy voice; My childhood was a happy time.; The story has a happy ending.

4.  happy
be happy to
to be willing and pleased to
I'd be happy to give you a ride home.

5.  happy
Happy Birthday/Christmas/Anniversary etc.
used to wish sb happiness on a special occasion


Definition of 'HAPPY' Webster Dictionary 

1.  HAPPY
favored by hap, luck, or fortune; lucky; fortunate; successful; prosperous; satisfying desire; as, a happy expedient; a happy effort; a happy venture; a happy omen

2.  HAPPY
experiencing the effect of favorable fortune; having the feeling arising from the consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, as peace, tranquillity, comfort; contented; joyous; as, happy hours, happy thoughts

3.  HAPPY
dexterous; ready; apt; felicitous


Translation of 'HAPPY' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: having or showing a feeling of pleasure or contentment
a happy smile; I feel happy today.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: gelukkig Arabic flag Arabic: سَعيد Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: щастлив
Brazilian flag Brazilian: feliz Czech flag Czech: šťastný German flag German: glücklich
Danish flag Danish: glad; lykkelig Greek flag Greek: ευτυχισμένος, χαρούμενος Spanish flag Spanish: feliz, alegre, dichoso
Estonian flag Estonian: rõõmus Farsi flag Farsi: خوشحال Finnish flag Finnish: iloinen
French flag French: heureux Hebrew flag Hebrew: שָׂמֵח Hindi flag Hindi: सुखी
Croatian flag Croatian: sretan Hungarian flag Hungarian: boldog Indonesian flag Indonesian: bahagia
Icelandic flag Icelandic: hamingjusamur Italian flag Italian: felice Japanese flag Japanese: 幸福な
Korean flag Korean: 행복한 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: laimingas Latvian flag Latvian: laimīgs
Malay flag Malay: gembira Dutch flag Dutch: blij, tevreden, gelukkig Norwegian flag Norwegian: lykkelig, glad
Polish flag Polish: szczęśliwy Persian flag Persian: خوشحال Pashto flag Pashto: خوشاله، خوشبخته ، نيكمرغه
Portuguese flag Portuguese: feliz Romanian flag Romanian: fericit Russian flag Russian: счастливый
Slovak flag Slovak: šťastný Slovenian flag Slovenian: srečen Serbian flag Serbian: srećan
Swedish flag Swedish: lycklig, glad Thai flag Thai: มีความสุข Turkish flag Turkish: mutlu
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 高興的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: щасливий Urdu flag Urdu: مسرور
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: hạnh phúc Chinese flag Chinese: 高兴的

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'HAPPY' - Nearby Entries  

happy  happy event  happy hour  happy-go-lucky  hapsburg  haptic  haptically  



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