mirth
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(mûrth) 
n.
Gladness and gaiety, especially when expressed by laughter.
n.
Gladness and gaiety, especially when expressed by laughter.
[Middle English, from Old English myrgth.]
Roget's Thesaurus:
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mirth
noun
- A state of joyful exuberance: blitheness, blithesomeness, gaiety, glee, gleefulness, hilarity, jocoseness, jocosity, jocularity, jocundity, jolliness, jollity, joviality, lightheartedness, merriment, merriness, mirthfulness. See laughter.
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mirth
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Definition: great joy
Antonyms: blues, depression, distress, gloom, misery, sadness, unhappiness
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mirth
IN BRIEF: Joyfulness with laughter.
Mirth is like a flash of lightning that breaks through a gloom of clouds and glitters for a moment.
— Joseph Addison (1672-1719).
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Mirth
Nederlands (Dutch)
vrolijkheid, gelach
Français (French)
n. - hilarité, joie
Deutsch (German)
n. - Heiterkeit, Frohsinn
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ευθυμία, ιλαρότητα
Português (Portuguese)
n. - jovialidade (f)
Español (Spanish)
n. - alegría, júbilo, risa
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - munterhet
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
欢笑, 高兴
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 歡笑, 高興
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 浮かれ騒ぐこと, 歓楽, 陽気, 笑い
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) بهجه, إنبساط
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - חדווה, שמחה, צחוק
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