MIRTH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mirth mean? 

• MIRTH (noun)
  The noun MIRTH has 1 sense:

1. great merriment

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MIRTH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Great merriment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

glee; gleefulness; hilarity; mirth; mirthfulness

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

gaiety; merriment (a gay feeling)

 Context examples 

Our people, who discovered the cause of my mirth, bore me company in laughing, at which the old fellow was fool enough to be angry and out of countenance.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

He laughed, and it was the first time I had heard honest mirth in his voice.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

"Yes, please, but I never will again," and he went down upon his knees, with a penitent clasping of hands, and a face full of mischief, mirth, and triumph.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Then when his face grew grave and stern again I asked him why his mirth, and why at such a time.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

And he began to laugh again, and that so heartily, that though I did not see the joke as he did, I was again obliged to join him in his mirth.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Not quite so miserable as to be insensible to mirth.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

And yet, he added, his eyes softening, I know that it is but a boy's mirth, with no sting in it.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This increased the mirth of the company, and Margaret was eagerly pressed to say something more.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

At my appearance (which was indeed comical enough, however tragic a fate these garments covered) the driver could not conceal his mirth.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

To this speech Bingley made no answer; but his sisters gave it their hearty assent, and indulged their mirth for some time at the expense of their dear friend's vulgar relations.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)