happiness incarnate

7.4

A person who looks very happy and makes others feel glad

noun

: felicidad encarnada

Her smile was pure happiness incarnate and brightened everyone's day.

Examples

He walked into the room, radiating happiness incarnate with every step.
Some people are so cheerful, they seem to be happiness incarnate.
She is pure happiness incarnate!
Everyone agrees that John is happiness incarnate.
Her smile was pure happiness incarnate and brightened everyone's day.
He walked into the room, radiating happiness incarnate with every step.
Some people are so cheerful, they seem to be happiness incarnate.

Synonyms

wellspring of joy

vshappiness incarnate

1 4.9

Something that gives people happiness all the time

refers to a personified example rather than a continuing source of feeling

joy incarnate

vshappiness incarnate

7.7

A person who is full of joy and makes other people happy

embodies a broader state of sustained well being rather than one emotion

complete and utter joy

vshappiness incarnate

2.8

A very strong feeling of deep happiness

is the personified ideal rather than a transient personal feeling

Antonyms

misery

310 2.8

A feeling of great unhappiness and suffering

sadness

229 1.0

A feeling of being unhappy

How Happy

happiness incarnate

7.4

contentedness

1 4.3

Surface Forms

happiness incarnate singular

happinesses incarnate plural

Morphology

happiness + incarnate

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'.