Synonyms for joie de vivre


Grammar : Noun
Spell : zhwaduh vee-vruh
Phonetic Transcription : ʒwadə ˈvi vrə

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Définition of joie de vivre

Origin :
  • 1889, French, literally "joy of living."
  • noun cheerfulness
Example sentences :
  • Many of them still possessed an amazing amount of the joie de vivre.
  • Extract from : « December Love » by Robert Hichens
  • Lola Montez learned in Paris what was meant by the joie de vivre.
  • Extract from : « Lola Montez » by Edmund B. d'Auvergne
  • She saw that his natural gayety and joie de vivre, long subdued, were again welling up within him.
  • Extract from : « Colorado Jim » by George Goodchild
  • She was Danish by birth, and the Danes, unlike the Norwegians, have a large supply of good spirits and the joie de vivre.
  • Extract from : « Katharine Frensham » by Beatrice Harraden
  • Delancey is overflowing with joie de vivre, with curiosity, with a certainty of imminent adventure.
  • Extract from : « Balloons » by Elizabeth Bibesco
  • The seventh lamp, which goes as naturally with idealism as care and patience go with naturalism, is joy, joie de vivre.
  • Extract from : « The Legacy of Greece » by Various
  • She was noted for her gaiety and joie de vivre and for the energy with which she pursued enjoyment.
  • Extract from : « The Way of Ambition » by Robert Hichens
  • The whole work is a convincing example of Brahms's vitality and "joie de vivre."
  • Extract from : « Music: An Art and a Language » by Walter Raymond Spalding

Antonyms for joie de vivre

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