... topic of happiness draws a lot of attention from different types of people. In fact, there are so many ways to express our happiness, one of which is employing words and idioms denoting happiness. ... words. 1. Introduction* Linguistic items in English utilized to express happiness are numerous. As the feeling of happiness can range from the feeling of pleasure to that of great pleasure, ... in the expressions of the feeling. More concretely, the feeling of happiness can be expressed by such adjectives denoting happiness as “happy”, “cheerful”, “gay”, “glad”, “merry”, “pleased”,...