happy

adjective
hap·py
/ˈhæpi/

Having 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.

Example

“Music makes me feel happy.”

Other meanings

Experiencing the effect of favourable fortune; favored by fortune or luck; fortunate, lucky.
Content, willing, satisfied (with or to do something); having no objection (to something).
“Are you happy to pay me back by the end of the week?”

Example sentences

“We used to be pretty happy together.”
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0
“I am happy to accept criticism.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
“Can we ever be truly happy?”
Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

Word history

From Old Norse "heppinn" (fortunate, happy).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “happy” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.