Mirthful \Mirth"ful\, a.
1. Full of mirth or merriment; merry; as, mirthful children.
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2. Indicating or inspiring mirth; as, a mirthful face.
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Mirthful, comic shows. --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
mirthful
adj 1: full of or showing high-spirited merriment; "when hearts
were young and gay"; "a poet could not but be gay, in
such a jocund company"- Wordsworth; "the jolly crowd
at the reunion"; "jolly old Saint Nick"; "a jovial old
gentleman"; "have a merry Christmas"; "peals of merry
laughter"; "a mirthful laugh" [syn: gay, jocund, jolly,
jovial, merry]
2: arousing or provoking laughter; "an amusing film with a
steady stream of pranks and pratfalls"; "an amusing
fellow"; "a comic hat"; "a comical look of surprise";
"funny stories that made everybody laugh"; "a very funny
writer"; "it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt
so much"; "a mirthful experience"; "risible courtroom
antics" [syn: amusing, comic, comical, funny, laughable,
risible]
WordNet (r) 2.0
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "mirthful":
blithe, blithesome, buxom, festive, frivolous, gay, gleeful,
hilarious, jocular, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous,
laughter-loving, lighthearted, merry, mirth-loving, rejoicing,
risible
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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