The classroom was filled with joy.

Meaning: The room where students learn was occupied by a feeling of great pleasure or happiness.

Choice of Words: Classroom is a room in a school where students learn. Filled means to make something full or to occupy all of the space in something. Joy is a feeling of great pleasure or happiness.

Alternative Expressions

The classroom was full of joy.

Meaning: This means the same thing as the first sentence. The classroom was a happy place where everyone was having fun.

Choice of Words: The classroom was a place where children learned and played. Full means that there was a lot of something in the classroom. Joy is a feeling of happiness and delight. When you put these words together, "The classroom was full of joy" means that the classroom was filled with happiness and delight.

The classroom was bursting with joy.

Meaning: This means that the classroom was an extremely happy place where everyone was having a lot of fun.

Choice of Words: The classroom was a place where children learned and played. Bursting means that there was so much of something that it was almost overflowing. Joy is a feeling of happiness and delight. When you put these words together, "The classroom was bursting with joy" means that the classroom was so full of happiness and delight that it was almost overflowing.

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