different between joyous vs sunny

English

Etymology

From Middle English joyous, joious, from Old French joieus, from joie + -eus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?????s/
• Rhymes: -???s

Adjective

joyous (comparative more joyous, superlative most joyous)

1. Full of joy; happy.

   Synonyms: blissome, blissy, blithe, gladsome

Derived terms

• joyously
• overjoyous

Related terms

• joy
• joyful
• joyfully
• joyfulness

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English sunni, from Old English *sunni?. Cognate with West Frisian sinnich, Low German sünnig, Dutch zonnig, German sonnig. Equivalent to sun +? -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?ni/
• Rhymes: -?ni
• Homophone: sonny

Adjective

sunny (comparative sunnier, superlative sunniest)

1. (of weather or a day) Featuring a lot of sunshine.

   Whilst it may be sunny today, the weather forecast is predicting rain.

2. (of a place) Receiving a lot of sunshine.

   the sunny side of a hill

   I would describe Spain as sunny, but it's nothing in comparison to the Sahara.

3. (figuratively, of a person or a person's mood) cheerful

   a sunny disposition

   • c. 1590, William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors Act I scene 1

     My decayed fair / A sunny look of his would soon repair.

   • 1841, Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge

     A gleam of sun shining through the unsashed window, and chequering the dark workshop with a broad patch of light, fell full upon him, as though attracted by his sunny heart.

4. Of or relating to the sun; proceeding from, or resembling the sun; shiny; radiant.

   • sunny beams

Synonyms

• (weather, day): bright; sunshiny
• (place): sunlit
• (person): bright, cheerful

Derived terms

Translations

Adverb

sunny (not comparable)

1. (US, regional) sunny side up

Noun

sunny (plural sunnies)

1. A sunfish.