happiness /ˈhæpinɪs/noun 4forms 1phrases 1 noun4 •the feeling of being glad and pleased with how things arebring happiness to othersMoney can’t buy happiness. •(no longer used) Prosperity, thriving, wellbeing. •(no longer used) Good luck; good fortune.All happinesse bechance to thee in Millaine. — 1590 •(no longer used) Fortuitous elegance; unstudied grace, used especially of language.Some Beauties yet, no Precepts can declare, / For there's a Happiness as well as Care. — 1711 formshappinesses Phrases with happiness bluebird of happinessHappiness or contentment, especially as the elusive object of a quest or as a state of affairs which is difficult to achieve.