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Recent Examples of gamesome But there is another level of dissimulation that seems at odds with this gamesome trickery. Sam Sacks, WSJ, 18 Mar. 2022 Lu’s immaculately handmade pictures, which consist entirely of brightly hued concentric circles, appear simultaneously gamesome and cerebral. Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gamesome
Adjective
  • Like her brother, Jenny also enjoys helping care for animals and brings a joyful energy to the trio of siblings.
    The Star, Kansas City Star, 22 Feb. 2025
  • Many travel to this popular destination for annual events such as the Palm Springs International Film Festival, the National Date Festival and that joyful celebration of mid-century architecture known as Modernism Week.
    Leslie Kelly, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • But that didn’t stop people from falling in love with the exuberant, stylish, flawed Jag.
    Raphael Orlove, Robb Report, 27 Feb. 2025
  • An exuberant young male, with small scars of missing whiskers looking so much like adolescent acne on his face-forward personality, began his investigation slowly.
    Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 25 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Both concentrated on paintings of frolicsome, amorous bunnies.
    Roberta Smith, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2023
  • But back in the aughts, before Ganni's frolicsome offering of poplin collared dresses and knee-high chelsea boots became an unofficial uniform for western women in their mid-twenties and beyond, the company dealt exclusively in cashmere.
    Leah Dolan, CNN, 17 Aug. 2022
Adjective
  • Riverdale In Riverdale, outside Village Hall, there was a lively scene Tuesday afternoon as members of Michael Airhart’s mayoral campaign were ordered to remove their campaign signs from a median.
    Samantha Moilanen, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Around the room’s standing tables and plush, blush-pink lounge seats, friends, castmates, and both new and familiar faces engaged in lively conversation.
    Jamila Stewart, Vogue, 24 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Pods of porpoises frolic, and a playful minke whale shimmers in the afternoon sun.
    CNT Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2024
  • Parent heaven: a place to hang out under shade trees while the little ones frolic.
    Sarah Shemkus, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2023
Adjective
  • The difference is subtle, but the fine filter creates milk that's a bit bubblier than the ultrafine filter.
    Jaina Grey, WIRED, 12 Jan. 2025
  • But concerts also start feeling poppier and bubblier in springtime, perhaps in anticipation of the even warmer, wilder and grander music events of festival-frenzied summertime.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 24 Mar. 2024
Adjective
  • This encapsulates the quality of the 2022 vintage—strikingly balanced with elevated flavor profiles—as well as the beauty of a Saint-Émilion with complex flavors well integrated with buoyant acidity.
    Tom Mullen, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
  • Or for complex seafood dishes, the mom-and-pop Leche de Tigre Cocina Urbana — a few blocks north — is a buoyant beach party where every plate tastes fresh from the Pacific Coast, with layers of seafood and tropical fruit, cilantro and chile.
    Freda Moon, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • There have been multiple reports dating back to the summer of 1993 that multiple gay men had been missing after attending local gay bars.
    Doc Louallen, ABC News, 18 Feb. 2025
  • Allegations against the actor have continued to amass in documentaries like Investigation Discovery's Spacey Unmasked, released in May 2024. Spacey, who also received criticism for coming out as gay in response to Rapp's initial accusations in 2017, has denied all claims made against him.
    Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 18 Feb. 2025

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“Gamesome.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gamesome. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.

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