Happy merupakan Bahasa Inggrisnya “senang” yang sering kita dengar. Penggunaan happy selalu berulang-ulang sampai kadang membuat kata ini terlalu monoton. Padahal, masih banyak persamaan kata happy dengan arti yang sama dalam Bahasa Inggris. Dilansir dari Cambridge Dictionary, definisi dari happy sebenernya tak hanya memiliki arti senang. Namun, bisa menggambarkan kondisi-kondisi berikut:
- Merasakan, menunjukkan, atau menimbulkan perasaan kelegaan dan kepuasan.
- Karakteristik seseorang.
- Adanya faktor eksternal yang membuat perasaan menjadi spontan bahagia.
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Selain “happy“, ternyata ada banyak kosakata untuk menggambarkan perasaan senang atau bahagia. Kosakata ini bisa kamu pakai dalam percakapan maupun secara tulisan agar tidak monoton dan bosan. Persamaan dari kata “happy” antara lain:
- Cheerful
- Contented
- Delighted
- Ecstatic
- Elated
- Glad
- Joyful
- Joyous
- Jubilant
- Lively
- Merry
- Overjoyed
- Peaceful
- Pleasant
- Pleased
- Thrilled
- Upbeat
- Blessed
- Blest
- Blissful
- Blithe
- Captivated
- Chipper
- Chirpy
- On cloud nine
- In a good mood
- Jolly
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Contoh Kalimat
Jika di atas sudah dijelaskan dan disebutkan mengenai bahasa Inggrisnya “senang” serta persamaan katanya, mari aplikasikan ke dalam contoh kalimat di bawah ini:
- I hope you two are
happy
together. - I’d be
happy
knowing you’re safe. - So Mildred stayed with me in Cambridge, and for six
happy
months, we were hardly ever apart. - Are you trying to say that you’re not
happy
with your success? - How
cheerful
it is to hear of! - The flowers should have made her feel
cheerful
, but they ushered in that dark feeling instead. - The scientist hopped up with a
cheerful
salute. - In disposition, Clarke was
cheerful
and even playful. - The dark starry night was followed by a bright
cheerful
morning. - She laughed in a
delighted
way. - The little girls were
delighted
to see the lovely shells. - Everybody was
delighted
with Helen. - Dean answered it and was
delighted
to hear Martha’s voice. - He knew that she had not sung since her illness, and so the sound of her voice surprised and
delighted
him. - Finally, he proposed a plan which
delighted
us all beyond words. - We were
ecstatic
but increasingly nervous. - Maria’s level of happiness rose to
ecstatic
when he was around. - Young Rostov’s
ecstatic
voice could be heard above the three hundred others. - He felt
ecstatic
that she heard in his music what he saw in her art. - Kiera’s heart still did somersaults, and she felt both doubtful Evelyn would follow through and
ecstatic
at the prospect. - None the less, we were
elated
at the detail he’d gathered. - He was
elated
that, in his mind, his earlier identification was affirmed. - While saddened by Jennie Lohr’s death, we were
elated
with the capture of her abductor. - Even this great concession did not satisfy the ambition of the Boers, who were naturally
elated
by their victories. - I am
glad
you asked. - I’m
glad
you told Gabriel the truth. - If you’ll just point the way, I’ll be
glad
to go by myself. - They were
glad
enough to march back without it. - I’ll be
glad
to pay you for all you’ve done. - A flood of brilliant,
joyful
light poured from her transfigured face. - Have just this moment received by special messenger very
joyful
news–if it’s not false. - Her tone was now querulous and her lip drawn up, giving her not a
joyful
, but an animal, squirrel-like expression. - I think it is her
joyous
interest in everything and everybody. - That word startled my soul, and it awoke, full of the spirit of the morning, full of
joyous
, exultant song. - But Mrs. Trudi White, a Hockerton Housing Project resident, said the mood at the development was now
jubilant
. - The flight crews returned
jubilant
that their missions had been successful. - The teacher has read me his
lively
stories about his boyhood, and I enjoyed them greatly.
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