Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to joy
Participle: joyed
Gerund: joying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | joy |
| you | joy |
| he;she;it | joys |
| we | joy |
| you | joy |
| they | joy |
Perfect
| I | have joyed |
| you | have joyed |
| he;she;it | has joyed |
| we | have joyed |
| you | have joyed |
| they | have joyed |
Past
| I | joyed |
| you | joyed |
| he;she;it | joyed |
| we | joyed |
| you | joyed |
| they | joyed |
Pluperfect
| I | had joyed |
| you | had joyed |
| he;she;it | had joyed |
| we | had joyed |
| you | had joyed |
| they | had joyed |
Future
| I | will joy |
| you | will joy |
| he;she;it | will joy |
| we | will joy |
| you | will joy |
| they | will joy |
Future Perfect
| I | will have joyed |
| you | will have joyed |
| he;she;it | will have joyed |
| we | will have joyed |
| you | will have joyed |
| they | will have joyed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | joy |
| you | joy |
| he;she;it | joy |
| we | joy |
| you | joy |
| they | joy |
Perfect
| I | have joyed |
| you | have joyed |
| he;she;it | have joyed |
| we | have joyed |
| you | have joyed |
| they | have joyed |
Imperfect
| I | joyed |
| you | joyed |
| he;she;it | joyed |
| we | joyed |
| you | joyed |
| they | joyed |
Pluperfect
| I | had joyed |
| you | had joyed |
| he;she;it | had joyed |
| we | had joyed |
| you | had joyed |
| they | had joyed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would joy |
| you | would joy |
| he;she;it | would joy |
| we | would joy |
| you | would joy |
| they | would joy |
Perfect
| I | would have joyed |
| you | would have joyed |
| he;she;it | would have joyed |
| we | would have joyed |
| you | would have joyed |
| they | would have joyed |
Imperative
| you | joy |
| we | Let's joy |
| you | joy |
Verbs conjugated like 'joy'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'joy'
boy,
coy,
job,
jog,
jot,
noy,
toy,
acoy,
ahoy,
bay,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. The noun is from Middle English joye, borrowed from Old French joie, from Late Latin gaudia, neuter plural (mistaken as feminine singular) of Latin gaudium (“joy”), from gaudēre (“to be glad, rejoice”). Doublet of jo and gaudy (“Oxford college reunion”). Displaced native Old English ġefēa.
2. The interjection is from the noun.
3. The verb is from Middle English joyen, joȝen, joien, from Old French jöir, from the Old French noun (see above).
Verbs referencing "joy"
Ido juar.
Sample Sentences
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[...] of no future. It was like that hush of spirit which we feel amid the bright, mild woods of autumn, when the bright hectic flush is on the trees, and the last lingering flowers by the brook; and we joy in it all the more, because we know that soon it will all pass away.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ No, no, Mas’r ! ’ tan't that,—it's bein ’ a _freeman ! _ that's what I 'm joyin ’ for. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)