Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rejoicing

/ɹɪˈd͡ʒoɪ.sɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.97 in modern English

Syllables: re-joic-ing
IPA: /ɹɪˈd͡ʒoɪ.sɪŋ/

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of rejoice

noun

An act of showing joy.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"There was much rejoicing when the good news finally arrived."
"But what are your foot-ploddings, your ambulating rejoicings, to the free etherealities which our courser's light bound and exultant spurnings of the dull earth bring to the spirit!"
"There were some unofficial local rejoicings, but none of the elaborate junketings which marked the birth of earlier railways. The company had little cash to spend on sumptuous cold collations, and the like."

Usage

Inflected Forms

rejoicings (plural)

Synonyms

exultant exulting jubilant prideful triumphal triumphant exultation jubilation

Rhymes With

voicing

Questions

How do you pronounce rejoicing?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹɪˈd͡ʒoɪ.sɪŋ/.
What does rejoicing mean?: present participle and gerund of rejoice

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