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rejoicing

/rɪˈdʒɔɪsɪŋ/

rejoicing in

Translations

rejoicingnoun

rejoicings

allégresseSoutenu ; exprime une grande joie collective.

The streets were filled with rejoicing after the team won the championship.

Les rues étaient remplies d’allégresse après la victoire de l’équipe au championnat.

Additional translations

liesseJoie collective, souvent dans un contexte festif ou public.

fêteDans le sens de célébration ou festivité.

Synonyms

rejoicinggerund / present participle

/rɪˈdʒɔɪ.sɪŋ/

Used attributively to describe people or groups that are joyful (e.g., "rejoicing crowds").

jubilant

The rejoicing spectators sang and danced in the square.

Les spectateurs jubilants chantaient et dansaient sur la place.

Additional translations

en liesseExpression figée ; s’emploie surtout pour une foule ou un groupe.

Synonyms

rejoiceverb

rejoicing

Gerund

rejoiced

Past Simple

rejoiced

Past Participle

rejoicing

Gerund

/rɪˈdʒɔɪs/

se réjouir

The team rejoiced after winning the championship.

L’équipe s’est réjouie après avoir remporté le championnat.

Additional translations

réjouirS’emploie surtout à la forme transitive, souvent littéraire ou archaïque.

porter le nom deTourneure littéraire ou humoristique pour exprimer le nom ou le titre porté.

Synonyms

be joyful

be happy

take pleasure

Antonyms

mourn

sorrow

Definitions

rejoicingnoun

The action of showing great joy or delight.

The streets were filled with rejoicing after the team won the championship.

A celebration or festivity.

The annual festival was a time of rejoicing for the entire community.

rejoicinggerund / present participle

Feeling or expressing great joy; jubilant.

The rejoicing spectators sang and danced in the square.

rejoiceverb

To feel or express great joy or delight.

The team rejoiced after winning the championship.

To gladden; to fill with joy (now chiefly literary or archaic).

The good tidings rejoiced their hearts.

(rejoice in) To possess or display, especially a name or title, often humorously or ironically.

He rejoiced in the name of Bartholomew Ignatius Smythe.