Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Full of gladness and merriment.
- adjective Characterized by or expressing gladness and merriment.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Full of mirth or gaiety; characterized by or accompanied with merriment; jovial; festive.
- Causing or provoking mirth or merriment.
- Synonyms Jovial, etc. (see
jolly ), gay, gleeful, sportive, playful.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Full of mirth or merriment; merry.
- adjective Indicating or inspiring mirth.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
filled withmirth .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective full of or showing high-spirited merriment
- adjective arousing or provoking laughter
Etymologies
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Examples
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But he also incorporated a 150-square-foot sunshade printed with what he refers to as a mirthful interpretation of the apocalypse by Roy Lichtenstein.
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What barrister, young or old, cannot recall mirthful eyes that, with quick shyness, have turned away from his momentary notice, as in answer to the rustling of silk, or stirred by sympathetic consciousness of women's noiseless presence, he has raised his face from a volume of reports, and seen two or three timorous girls peering through the golden haze of a
A Book About Lawyers John Cordy Jeaffreson 1866
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“The best clinicians understand that there is an intrinsic physiological intervention brought about by positive emotions such as mirthful laughter, optimism and hope,” the ‘Daily Mail’ quoted lead researcher Dr Lee Berk as saying.
30 Minutes Of Laughter A Day For A Healthy Heart | Impact Lab 2009
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The show oscillates between kind of mirthful and mournful.
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The show oscillates between kind of mirthful and mournful.
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The show oscillates between kind of mirthful and mournful.
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The show oscillates between kind of mirthful and mournful.
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The show oscillates between kind of mirthful and mournful.
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-- Amadis, I mean? "he asked, his blue eyes sparkling with a kind of mirthful ardour.
Innocent : her fancy and his fact Marie Corelli 1889
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In describing himself as a "hardcore medical clinician and scientist," Dr. Berk says, "the best clinicians understand that there is an intrinsic physiological intervention brought about by positive emotions such as mirthful laughter, optimism and hope.
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