mirth

Noun

Meaning

Merriment; gayety accompanied with laughter; jollity.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

glee hilarity jollity fun delight frolic merriment festivity joyousness gleefulness mirthfulness gladness bliss felicity joviality

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Antonyms

sadness gloom blues depression heartache aggravation

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Hypernyms

gaiety merriment

Phrases with the word

full of mirth cry of mirth

Examples

Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity. Joseph Addison

Fun I love, but too much fun is of all things the most loathsome. Mirth is better than fun, and happiness is better than mirth. William Blake

With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come. William Shakespeare

A pennyworth of mirth is worth a pound of sorrow. Dutch Proverb

The end of mirth is the beginning of sorrow. Dutch Proverb

If age and experience came at birth, We would have neither youth nor mirth. Russian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Mirsky MIRT mirtazapine mirthful mirthfull mirthfully