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English Dictionary: mirthful |
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2 results for mirthful |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- mirthful
- adj
- 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
- 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
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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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