happiness incarnate
- noun
- Her smile was pure happiness incarnate and brightened everyone's day.
Examples
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He walked into the room, radiating happiness incarnate with every step.
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Some people are so cheerful, they seem to be happiness incarnate.
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She is pure happiness incarnate!
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Everyone agrees that John is happiness incarnate.
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Her smile was pure happiness incarnate and brightened everyone's day.
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He walked into the room, radiating happiness incarnate with every step.
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Some people are so cheerful, they seem to be happiness incarnate.
Synonyms
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4.9
Something that gives people happiness all the time
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A very strong feeling of deep happiness
A person who is full of joy and makes other people happy
Antonyms
How Happy
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the embodiment or perfect example of happiness' is directly and compositionally derived from 'happiness' (joy) + 'incarnate' (embodied or made flesh). This X + incarnate pattern is transparent and cross-linguistically common, so a learner who knows both constituent words would readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Happiness incarnate comes from the image of happiness becoming incarnate, meaning 'in a person', like joy taking human form and walking into a room. That's why we call a very joyful person 'happiness incarnate'.