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happiness - Noun
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• S: (n) happiness, felicity (state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy)
  o direct hyponym / full hyponym
  + S: (n) blessedness, beatitude, beatification (a state of supreme happiness)
  + S: (n) radiance (an attractive combination of good health and happiness) "the radiance of her countenance"
  o attribute
  + S: (adj) happy (enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure) "a happy smile"; "spent many happy days on the beach"; "a happy marriage"
  + S: (adj) unhappy (experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent) "unhappy over her departure"; "unhappy with her raise"; "after the argument they lapsed into an unhappy silence"; "had an unhappy time at school"; "the unhappy (or sad) news"; "he looks so sad"
  o direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
  + S: (n) emotional state, spirit (the state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection)) "his emotional state depended on her opinion"; "he was in good spirits"; "his spirit rose"
  # direct hyponym / full hyponym
  * S: (n) embarrassment (the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy)) "he is currently suffering financial embarrassments"
  * S: (n) ecstasy, rapture, transport, exaltation, raptus (a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion) "listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture"- Charles Dickens
  * S: (n) gratification, satisfaction (state of being gratified or satisfied) "dull repetitious work gives no gratification"; "to my immense gratification he arrived on time"
  * S: (n) happiness, felicity (state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy)
  * S: (n) state (a state of depression or agitation) "he was in such a state you just couldn't reason with him"
  * S: (n) unhappiness (state characterized by emotions ranging from mild discontentment to deep grief)
  # direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
  * S: (n) emotion (any strong feeling)
  o S: (n) conditioned emotional response, CER, conditioned emotion (an emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning)
  o S: (n) anger, choler, ire (a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance)
  o S: (n) fear, fearfulness, fright (an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight))
  o S: (n) fear, reverence, awe, veneration (a feeling of profound respect for someone or something) "the fear of God"; "the Chinese reverence for the dead"; "the French treat food with gentle reverence"; "his respect for the law bordered on veneration"
  o S: (n) anxiety (a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune)
  o S: (n) joy, joyousness, joyfulness (the emotion of great happiness)
  o S: (n) love (a strong positive emotion of regard and affection) "his love for his work"; "children need a lot of love"
  o S: (n) hate, hatred (the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action)
  o S: (n) emotional state, spirit (the state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection)) "his emotional state depended on her opinion"; "he was in good spirits"; "his spirit rose"
  # derivationally related form
  * W: (v) spirit [Related to: spirit] (infuse with spirit) "The company spirited him up"
  o antonym
  + W: (n) unhappiness [Opposed to: happiness] (state characterized by emotions ranging from mild discontentment to deep grief)
  o derivationally related form
  + W: (adj) happy [Related to: happiness] (marked by good fortune) "a felicitous life"; "a happy outcome"
  + W: (adj) happy [Related to: happiness] (enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure) "a happy smile"; "spent many happy days on the beach"; "a happy marriage"
  + W: (adj) felicitous [Related to: felicity] (marked by good fortune) "a felicitous life"; "a happy outcome"
  * S: (n) happiness (emotions experienced when in a state of well-being)
  o direct hyponym / full hyponym
  + S: (n) bonheur ((French) happiness and good humor)
  + S: (n) gladness, gladfulness, gladsomeness (experiencing joy and pleasure)
  + S: (n) gaiety, merriment (a gay feeling)
  + S: (n) rejoicing (a feeling of great happiness)
  + S: (n) belonging (happiness felt in a secure relationship) "with his classmates he felt a sense of belonging"
  + S: (n) cheerfulness, blitheness (a feeling of spontaneous good spirits) "his cheerfulness made everyone feel better"
  + S: (n) contentment (happiness with one's situation in life)
  o attribute
  + S: (adj) happy (enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure) "a happy smile"; "spent many happy days on the beach"; "a happy marriage"
  + S: (adj) unhappy (experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent) "unhappy over her departure"; "unhappy with her raise"; "after the argument they lapsed into an unhappy silence"; "had an unhappy time at school"; "the unhappy (or sad) news"; "he looks so sad"
  o direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
  + S: (n) feeling (the experiencing of affective and emotional states) "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual"
  o antonym
  + W: (n) sadness [Opposed to: happiness] (emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being)
  o derivationally related form
  + W: (adj) happy [Related to: happiness] (enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure) "a happy smile"; "spent many happy days on the beach"; "a happy marriage"

Quotes:

Anne Frank:

We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.

Anne Frank:

The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature.

Aristotle:

Happiness belongs to the self-sufficient

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