as in glee
a mood characterized by high spirits and amusement and often accompanied by laughter
as charming as your mutual mirth is, could you refrain from nudging each other and giggling during class?
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Recent Examples of mirth
Whether sentiment carries her to one last nomination here is unclear, but there’s an equal measure of mirth and melancholy to seeing Lavin go out in such fine form.
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Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2025
The study results found that the combination of satire and anthropomorphism elicited the most mirth.
—Discover Magazine, 10 Mar. 2025
On this day, director Jeffrey Lo and book, music and lyrics creator Min Kahng plopped dead center at their work station as the chaos and mirth of a new musical exploded around them.
—David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2025
To some observers, the incessant joking was the sort of heartless mirth that social media had been running on for decades.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2025
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Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2025
The study results found that the combination of satire and anthropomorphism elicited the most mirth.
—Discover Magazine, 10 Mar. 2025
On this day, director Jeffrey Lo and book, music and lyrics creator Min Kahng plopped dead center at their work station as the chaos and mirth of a new musical exploded around them.
—David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2025
To some observers, the incessant joking was the sort of heartless mirth that social media had been running on for decades.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mirth
Noun
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There’s a sinful sort of glee in watching all of this unfold, knowing that the same mournful character might be the next one to die.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
22 May 2025
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Dougal is this boy turning into a man, who has so much anger in him and wants to prove himself, and there's such glee behind the eyes in the way that Sam plays this character.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
21 May 2025
Noun
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Other celebrities who reportedly made the guest list include Leonardo DiCaprio and Ken Jeong, according to TMZ. Many of Thicke and Geary's guests arrived early to kick off the weekend festivities.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
People.com,
31 May 2025
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Today’s festivities host a global who’s who of the jet set.—
Tonya Blazio-Licorish,
Footwear News,
23 May 2025
Noun
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Hundreds of fans and their dogs showed up to cheer (and woof) for the Mets.—
Jeremy Rellosa,
Curbed,
22 May 2025
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Lynch’s early attempt to get heat only resulted in cheers, though there were some boos mixed in.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
11 May 2025
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“Mirth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mirth. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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