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How to pronounce happy
Say it like this: /ˈhæpi/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does happy mean?
adjHaving a feeling arising from a consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, such as comfort, peace, or tranquillity; blissful, contented, joyous.
“Music makes me feel happy.”
Experiencing the effect of favourable fortune; favored by fortune or luck; fortunate, lucky.
Elect or saved after death, blessed.
“How fares it with the happy dead?”
nounA happy event, thing, person, etc.
verbOften followed by up: to become happy; to brighten up, to cheer up.
“Whenever I started drinking again after abstaining for any period of time, it usually was an effort to relieve stress and to "happy up."”
Often followed by up: to make happy; to brighten, to cheer, to enliven.
“People really didn't want their Party Motivators in their photos, anonymous dancers, happying up the place. It spooked them.”
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