Mirth

Noun

 * 1) The emotion usually following humour and accompanied by laughter; merriment; jollity; gaiety.
 * 2) * 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
 * 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.
 * 1) That which causes merriment.
 * 2) * 1922, James Joyce, ''Ulysses
 * Phantasmal mirth, folded away: muskperfumed.

Antonyms

 * sadness
 * gloom

Derived terms

 * mirthful
 * mirthfulness
 * mirthless
 * mirthlessly
 * mirthlessness

Related terms

 * glee
 * hilarity

Adjectives for Mirth
heart-easing; profane; painful; affected; musing; careless; prolific; uproarious; sunburnt; roguish; petulant; buck-shrieked; innocent; sacred; simple; festal; unquenchable; saturnine; sympathetic; immeasurable; violent; tragical; resounding; boisterous; heathenish; uncouth; harmless; whimsical; fictitious; twinkling; Olympian; pagan; melodious; guiltless; desperate; undissembled; hollow; ill-timed; suppressed; Philistinic; dynamic; quaint; impish; ungrateful; cryptic; exuberant; frolic; rural; hysterical; meditative; unconfined; dignified; pretended; marvelous.

Verbs for Mirth
bar—; bathe in—; choke with—; convulse with—; disguise in—; elicit—; feign—; flood with—; glide into—; light up with—; provoke—; repent—; repress—; reprove—; shake with—; sparkle with—; wreathe in —; —bubbles; —eases; —ripples; —solaces; —swells; —trespasses; —vexes.

Thesaurus
amusement, buoyancy, cheer, cheerfulness, diversion, divertisement, divertissement, enjoyment, entertainment, frivolity, frolic, fun, gaiety, gladness, glee, gleefulness, happiness, high glee, high spirits, hilariousness, hilarity, jocularity, jocundity, jolliness, jollity, joviality, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, laughter, levity, lightheartedness, merriment, merriness, merrymaking, mirthfulness, passe-temps, pastime, pleasure, recreation, regalement, rejoicing, relaxation, revelry, solace

Etymology
myrgþ:.

Translations

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 * Scottish Gaelic: sogan