happiness
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Synonyms & Antonyms for happiness
Synonyms
beatitude, blessedness, bliss, blissfulness, felicity, gladness, joy, warm fuzzies
Antonyms
calamity, ill-being, misery, sadness, unhappiness, wretchedness
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His widow, Joan Himmel, said the event would have brought him a lot of happiness. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Barbers-in-training give kids get fresh back-to-school cuts," 31 Aug. 2019 He is particularly obsessed with Europe’s great train stations: places of happiness, but also silent witnesses to exploitation and oppression, to soldiers marching off to war, to exile and deportation. — The Economist, "Historical memorials are not enough to stop anti-Semitism in Europe," 22 Aug. 2019 For too many of us throughout the land, life was no longer free; liberty no longer real; men could no longer follow the pursuit of happiness. — Caleb Crain, The New Yorker, "State of the Unions," 19 Aug. 2019 Our founding fathers said that government’s primary purpose was the safety of the people and their pursuit of happiness. — Kristi Nix, Houston Chronicle, "Sugar Land city manager wins career excellence award," 14 Aug. 2019 All people, not just Americans, are endowed by the creator with these rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, according to that Declaration of Independence of ours. — John Archibald | [email protected], al.com, "America: Land of the free, or of the fear?," 14 July 2019 The findings—based on data from 90,000 women from 1996 to 2010—are consistent with 2019 Pew Research findings that regular participation in religious community is clearly linked to higher levels of happiness. — Ericka Andersen, WSJ, "Is God the Answer to the Suicide Epidemic?," 11 July 2019 Jaffa believes that this virtue can best be assured by a cultivation — in the process of jurisprudence — of respect for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. — Mike Potemra, National Review, "Born on the Fourth of July," 4 July 2019 Thank you for many years of happiness and for this special moment on 12th October 2018. — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, "Princess Eugenie Wishes Prince Andrew a Happy Father's Day with a New Photo from Her Wedding," 17 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'happiness.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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