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- burst with joy
burst with joy
burst with joy
Fig. [for someone] to be full to the bursting point with happiness. (To be so filled with joy as if to burst.) When I got my grades, I could have burst with joy. Bill was not exactly bursting with joy when he got the news.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Indiana | | in-dee-AN-ə | English |
| Dianna | | die-AN-ə | English |
| Fachtna | | FAKHT-na | Irish, Irish Mythology |
| Phaenna | | - | Greek Mythology |
| Sheona | | - | Scottish |
| Gianna | | JAHN-nah (Italian), YAH-nah (Greek) | Italian, Greek |