mirthful

/mə:θful/
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mirthful

A child's mirthful laugh fills the sunny playground.

Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Causing or expressing amusement and laughter: Describes something that provokes laughter or is characterized by a cheerful, humorous quality.
    • Full of joy and high-spirited merriment: Describes a state or expression of being very happy, cheerful, and lively.
Examples of Usage
  • Adjective:
    • The comedian's mirthful performance had the entire audience roaring with laughter.
    • Her face was mirthful as she listened to the funny story.
    • The room was filled with mirthful conversation and the sound of clinking glasses.
Advanced Usage
  • "mirthful spirit": A cheerful and joyful disposition.
    • Despite the difficulties, he maintained a mirthful spirit.
  • "mirthful eyes": Eyes that sparkle with happiness and amusement.
    • She looked at him with mirthful eyes, sharing in the joke.
Variants and Related Words
  • Mirth (n): Amusement, especially as expressed in laughter.
    • The joke filled the room with mirth.
  • Mirthfully (adv): In a mirthful manner.
    • She laughed mirthfully at the memory.
  • Mirthfulness (n): The quality or state of being mirthful.
    • The mirthfulness of the celebration was contagious.
Synonyms
  • Jovial: Cheerful and friendly.
  • Jolly: Happy and cheerful.
  • Merry: Cheerful and lively.
  • Jocund: Cheerful and lighthearted (literary).
  • Amusing: Causing laughter or providing entertainment.
Antonyms
  • Gloomy: Dark or poorly lit, especially so as to appear depressing; feeling distressed or pessimistic.
  • Morose: Sullen and ill-tempered.
  • Somber: Dark or dull in color or tone; gloomy.
  • Melancholy: A feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause.
mirthful

A child's mirthful laugh fills the sunny playground.

Adjective
  1. arousing or provoking laughter
    • an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls
    • an amusing fellow
    • a comic hat
    • a comical look of surprise
    • funny stories that made everybody laugh
    • a very funny writer
    • it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much
    • a mirthful experience
    • risible courtroom antics
  2. full of or showing high-spirited merriment
    • when hearts were young and gay
    • a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company- Wordsworth
    • the jolly crowd at the reunion
    • jolly old Saint Nick
    • a jovial old gentleman
    • have a merry Christmas
    • peals of merry laughter
    • a mirthful laugh