felicific

adjective

Definition of felicificnext
as in joyous

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for felicific
  1. joyous
  2. blissful
  3. comfortable
  4. happy
  5. cheerful
  6. glad
  7. amiable
  8. hospitable
Adjective
  • The combination of Rykman's extended jams, psychedelic light show and joyous energy made the concert feel less like simply watching a band perform and more like temporarily stepping away for the normal day-to-day.
    — Steve Spaleta, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2026
  • To Browns fans, though, Thursday night also feels like a rare yet joyous moment.
    — Mike DeFabo, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of joyous
Adjective
  • Treatments follow Thai, Chinese, and Indian healing methods, and the cavernous aqua-therapy lounge with sauna and vitality pool is a blissful hangout after a massage.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The lymphatic drainage–promoting gizmo switches between six temperatures — hot and cold alike — to tighten, boost radiance, and fake nine blissful hours of sleep.
    — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of blissful
Adjective
  • Ellis and other senior leaders have shared their own backgrounds on the bank’s intranet and blog to make others feel more comfortable discussing their upbringing.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Stand-up also teaches kids how to get comfortable with the uncomfortable and how to turn dark into light, Blaine said.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of comfortable
Adjective
  • Macaronis are happy in warmer water and have a more varied diet, so are not as reliant on the diminishing krill.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026
  • And the retroactive nature of the proposal raises potential constitutional questions that some rich folks would be only too happy to test in court.
    — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of happy
Adjective
  • But the film hardly even merits such empty pastiche, and there’s little else to distinguish it from much cheap-and-cheerful streaming fodder in this genre space.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026
  • In Phoenix, there was an energetic and cheerful young man by the name of Craig Wismer.
    — Lauren Weiner, Baltimore Sun, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of cheerful
Adjective
  • Somewhere between all the wings and dips, someone will be glad to see something fresh.
    — Danielle Bouchard, Martha Stewart, 26 Sep. 2026
  • The 6-foot, 200-pound Jenkins, known as Lightz by his teammates, wasn’t nervous about taking the field, just glad to be back on the football field.
    — Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of glad
Adjective
  • Her amiable New Yorkers have tougher things to say to each other than ever before.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026
  • But the underlying difficulties of the three Ts, where the leaders seem to have fundamentally incompatible agendas, remain the thread beneath the ostensibly polite and occasionally amiable conversations.
    — Rana Mitter, The Conversation, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of amiable
Adjective
  • Ole Miss is known as one of the most hospitable places in college football for visiting fans.
    — Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • While Tarlov was grateful for his advice, her book praises current Fox News Chief Executive Suzanne Scott for creating a workplace culture that is much more hospitable to women.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of hospitable
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“Felicific.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/felicific. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.

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