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mirthful |
Grep of noun mirthful mirthfulness Overview of adj mirthful The adj mirthful has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. gay, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful -- (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") 2. amusing, comic, comical, funny, laughable, mirthful, risible -- (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") Antonyms of adj mirthful 2 senses of mirthful Sense 1 gay, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful INDIRECT (VIA joyous) -> joyless Sense 2 amusing, comic, comical, funny, laughable, mirthful, risible INDIRECT (VIA humorous) -> humorless, unhumorous Similarity of adj mirthful 2 senses of mirthful Sense 1 gay, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful => joyous (vs. joyless) Sense 2 amusing, comic, comical, funny, laughable, mirthful, risible => humorous (vs. humorless) Attributes of adj mirthful Familiarity of adj mirthful mirthful used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj mirthful mirthful Overview of adj mirthful The adj mirthful has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. gay, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful -- (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") 2. amusing, comic, comical, funny, laughable, mirthful, risible -- (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")
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