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/ˈhæpi/ 
| adjective | happy |
| comparative | happier |
| superlative | happiest |
- 1feeling pleased and satisfied
The children seem very happy at school.
Sarah felt happy for the first time in her life.
happy about:Anna was excited and happy about the baby.
happy doing something:So you’re happy living in London?
make someone happy:Money alone will never make you happy.
Collocations: happy
▪ blissfully, completely, deliriously, extremely, perfectly, really, truly, very - 2satisfied that something is good or right, and therefore not worried about ithappy with:
Are you happy with this arrangement?
happy about:I’m not very happy about the children being out so late.
happy that:Happy that everything had been finalized, we left.
happy to do something:Her parents were happy to know she’d got a good job.
keep someone happy:Rising profits is the only news that keeps the bosses happy.
reasonably/perfectly happy:Most people were perfectly happy with the decision.
phrases
be happy for someone
be happy to do something
Happy Birthday/Christmas/Easter/Anniversary
- The news lifted her spirits.
- Things are looking up.
- Cheer up!
- My spirits rose when I got her letter.
- I’ve been walking/floating on air ever since.
- I was over the moon when they told me.
- I felt as high as a kite.
- She’s on top of the world/on cloud nine.
- I was in seventh heaven.
- I feel really down/low about it all.
- He’s in very low spirits.
- He’s in the depths of despair.
- My heart sank when I saw him.
- They looked very down in the mouth/down in the dumps.
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