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
The mirth carries with it an undercurrent of Tyla’s particular brand of charisma.
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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
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
Whether sentiment carries her to one last nomination here is unclear, but there’s an equal measure of mirth and melancholy to seeing Lavin go out in such fine form.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2025
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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
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
Whether sentiment carries her to one last nomination here is unclear, but there’s an equal measure of mirth and melancholy to seeing Lavin go out in such fine form.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mirth
Noun
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Kelsey, who spent much of episode 8 battling negative thoughts, produced a segment that left me giggling with glee.—
Frederick Dreier,
Outside,
18 Aug. 2025
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John Redcorn conveniently enters with an attractive business proposition: John Redcorn's Red Corn, which the entirety of Rainey Street devours with glee.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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Kentucky State Fair festivities continue with the annual Country Ham Breakfast this morning.—
Leo Bertucci,
The Courier-Journal,
22 Aug. 2025
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How dare your family care so much about inane Mother’s Day festivities?—
Liana Finck,
New Yorker,
21 Aug. 2025
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That meant loud cheers for California Democrats and their effort to counter Republican gerrymandering by passing a new mid-decade map that would delete five GOP congressional seats.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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Tommy Fleetwood’s quest for his first PGA Tour win draws cheers from Caitlin Clark and King James.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Aug. 2025
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“Mirth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mirth. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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