LIGHTHEARTED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lighthearted mean? 

• LIGHTHEARTED (adjective)
  The adjective LIGHTHEARTED has 1 sense:

1. carefree and happy and lighthearted

  Familiarity information: LIGHTHEARTED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIGHTHEARTED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Carefree and happy and lighthearted

Synonyms:

blithe; blithesome; light-hearted; lighthearted; lightsome

Context example:

trilling songs with a lightsome heart

Similar:

cheerful (being full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits)

Derivation:

lightheartedness (the cheerful feeling you have when nothing is troubling you)

 Context examples 

A question about whether an individual feels or felt cheerful or lighthearted.

(Have You Felt Cheerful or Lighthearted, NCI Thesaurus)

Little Marleen now felt as lighthearted and happy as if her brother were still alive, and she went back to the house and sat down cheerfully to the table and ate.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Some turn in the road, some new object suddenly perceived and recognised, reminded me of days gone by, and were associated with the lighthearted gaiety of boyhood.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

“How lighthearted I feel,” said the father, “so pleased and cheerful.”

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

And she now felt quite happy and lighthearted; she put on the shoes and danced and jumped about in them.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)