: gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter
His clumsy attempt at dancing caused much mirth.
Examples of mirth in a Sentence
Her clumsy attempt to cut the cake was the cause of much mirth.
as charming as your mutual mirth is, could you refrain from nudging each other and giggling during class?
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Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2025
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The mirth carries with it an undercurrent of Tyla’s particular brand of charisma.
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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, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2025
To some observers, the incessant joking was the sort of heartless mirth that social media had been running on for decades.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2025
The mirth carries with it an undercurrent of Tyla’s particular brand of charisma.
—Funmi Fetto, Vogue, 25 Feb. 2025
As Pagliacci and Smokey Robinson could tell you, there’s nothing new about the intersection of mirth and melancholy.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for mirth
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“Mirth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mirth. Accessed 29 Jun. 2025.
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mirth
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: gaiety accompanied by laughter
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