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
As Pagliacci and Smokey Robinson could tell you, there’s nothing new about the intersection of mirth and melancholy.
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Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Dec. 2024
Expect merriment, mirth and …*checks notes*… Fulham to be fifth by Christmas?
—Phil Hay, The Athletic, 14 Aug. 2024
While that occasion caused much mirth, neighbors in Washington were not pleased with the mass of masked marauders.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 10 Oct. 2024
Sometimes, though, Harris’s various shades of mirth simply add ironic merriment to proceedings that otherwise slog along.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2024
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Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Dec. 2024
Expect merriment, mirth and …*checks notes*… Fulham to be fifth by Christmas?
—Phil Hay, The Athletic, 14 Aug. 2024
While that occasion caused much mirth, neighbors in Washington were not pleased with the mass of masked marauders.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 10 Oct. 2024
Sometimes, though, Harris’s various shades of mirth simply add ironic merriment to proceedings that otherwise slog along.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mirth
Noun
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That glee in the face of pain may come back to haunt Trump.—
Maureen Dowd,
The Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2025
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Her glee is deeper than that, and on this night, it was shared by scores of school faculty, administrators, students and alums, some in their 80s, who squeezed into crammed quarters for an up-close peek of the now merging with the future.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacramento Bee,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The Jayhawks will also honor seven seniors as part of Senior Day festivities on Saturday.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
7 Mar. 2025
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Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP) is opening a new exhibit on Japanese comic art with ECCC weekend, and lots of local Seattle and northwest businesses are part of the festivities.—
Rob Salkowitz,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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Outside the building in downtown Washington, D.C., a line of demonstrators broke into applause and cheers as each employee left the building.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA TODAY,
28 Feb. 2025
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Molinar drew applause and cheers from the audience during two notable moments.—
Lina Ruiz,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Mirth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mirth. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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