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mirthful |
2 definitions found 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [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" [syn: {gay}, {jocund}, {jolly}, {jovial}, {merry}] 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" [syn: {amusing}, {comic}, {comical}, {funny}, {laughable}, {risible}]
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