Mirth
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /mɜɹθ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Mirth is a noun meaning The emotion usually following humor and accompanied by laughter.
Meaning
The emotion usually following humor and accompanied by laughter.
More Meanings
- That which causes merriment.
Example Sentences
Phantasmal mirth, folded away: muskperfumed.
But sorrow that is couch'd in seeming gladness Is like that mirth fate turns to sudden sadness.
And he began to laugh again, and that so heartily, that, though I did not see the joke as he did, I was again obliged to join him in his mirth.
Their eyes met and they began to laugh. They laughed as children do when they cannot contain themselves, and can not explain the cause of their mirth to grown people, but share it perfectly together.
Word Forms
- mirths
Synonyms for mirth
Depending on context, synonyms include merriment, glee, hilarity, jollity, gaiety, blitheness.
Antonyms for mirth
Common opposites include sadness, gloom, mirthless, blueness, tristesse, blues.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hilarity, gleefulness, glee, merriment, easing, joviality.
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