" rejoicingly "

1: as in gleefully, cheerfully;

•  Synonyms : 

•  cheerfully,

•  cheerily,

•  delightedly,

•  gaily,

•  gleefully,

•  good-naturedly,

•  lightheartedly,

•  merrily,

•  mirthfully,

•  sunnily,

•  blissfully,

•  gladly,

•  happily,

•  joyfully,

•  joyously,

•  blithely,

•  blithesomely,

•  calmly,

•  casually,

•  dispassionately,

•  easily,

•  impassively,

•  indifferently,

•  lightly,

•  nonchalantly,

•  stoically,

•  unconcernedly,

•  favorably,

•  well

•  Antonyms : 

•  agonizingly,

•  amain,

•  bitterly,

•  dolefully,

•  dolorously,

•  grievously,

•  hard,

•  hardly,

•  inconsolably,

•  lugubriously,

•  mournfully,

•  painfully,

•  plaintively,

•  regretfully,

•  resentfully,

•  ruefully,

•  sadly,

•  sorely,

•  sorrowfully,

•  unhappily,

•  wailfully,

•  woefully,

•  wretchedly,

•  abjectly,

•  cheerlessly,

•  crestfallenly,

•  dejectedly,

•  despairingly,

•  despondently,

•  disconsolately,

•  dispiritedly,

•  downheartedly,

•  low-spiritedly,

•  blackly,

•  darkly,

•  dismally,

•  distressfully,

•  distressingly,

•  dourly,

•  drearily,

•  forlornly,

•  gloomily,

•  glumly,

•  joylessly,

•  mirthlessly,

•  miserably,

•  morosely,

•  pessimistically,

•  somberly,

•  sullenly

1: to feel or express joy or triumph;

  * e.g., " ... rejoiced over our unexpected victory on the soccer field "

•  Synonyms : 

•  crow,

•  delight,

•  exuberate,

•  exult,

•  glory,

•  joy,

•  jubilate,

•  kvell,

•  triumph

•  Antonyms : 

•  displease

2: to give satisfaction to;

  * e.g., " ... news of the enemy's surrender rejoiced a nation weary of war "

•  Synonyms : 

•  agree (with),

•  content,

•  delight,

•  feast,

•  gas,

•  glad,

•  gladden,

•  gratify,

•  please,

•  pleasure,

•  satisfy,

•  suit,

•  warm

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to take pleasure in;

  * e.g., " ... at least we can rejoice in the fact that the worst of the housing slump is over "

•  Synonyms : 

•  adore,

•  delight (in),

•  dig,

•  enjoy,

•  fancy,

•  get off (on),

•  groove (on),

•  like,

•  love,

•  relish,

•  revel (in),

•  savor

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to feel or express joy or triumph;

  * e.g., " ... rejoiced over our unexpected victory on the soccer field "

•  Synonyms : 

•  crowing,

•  delighting,

•  exuberating,

•  exulting,

•  glorying,

•  joying,

•  jubilating,

•  kvelling,

•  triumphing

•  Antonyms : 

•  displeasing

2: to give satisfaction to;

  * e.g., " ... news of the enemy's surrender rejoiced a nation weary of war "

•  Synonyms : 

•  agreeing (with),

•  contenting,

•  delighting,

•  feasting,

•  gassing,

•  gladdening,

•  gladding,

•  gratifying,

•  pleasing,

•  pleasuring,

•  satisfying,

•  suiting,

•  warming

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)