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LIGHTHEARTEDNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lightheartedness mean? 

LIGHTHEARTEDNESS (noun)
  The noun LIGHTHEARTEDNESS has 1 sense:

1. the cheerful feeling you have when nothing is troubling youplay

  Familiarity information: LIGHTHEARTEDNESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LIGHTHEARTEDNESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The cheerful feeling you have when nothing is troubling you

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

carefreeness; insouciance; lightheartedness; lightsomeness

Hypernyms ("lightheartedness" is a kind of...):

blitheness; cheerfulness (a feeling of spontaneous good spirits)

Derivation:

lighthearted (carefree and happy and lighthearted)


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