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English Dictionary: mirthful by the DICT Development Group
2 results for mirthful
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mirthful
adj
  1. 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"
    Synonym(s): gay, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful
  2. 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"
    Synonym(s): amusing, comic, comical, funny, laughable, mirthful, risible
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mirthful \Mirth"ful\, a.
      1. Full of mirth or merriment; merry; as, mirthful children.
  
      2. Indicating or inspiring mirth; as, a mirthful face.
  
                     Mirthful, comic shows.                        --Shak.
            -- {Mirth"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Mirth"ful*ness}, n.
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