: gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter
His clumsy attempt at dancing caused much mirth.
1
: full of mirth or merriment
2
: characterized by, expressing, or indicating, mirth
mirthfulness
noun
plural -es
Examples of mirth in a Sentence
Noun
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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Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 14 June 2026
There’s a fair bit of mirth in all this, and in Glanz’s brittle, snippy dialogue, which is abetted by the casting.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 4 June 2026
That character’s name alone — like the resurgence of Doofy — is an indication of the mirth the screenwriters take from skewering political correctness, cancel culture and social justice movements like Black Lives Matter and #MeTo.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2026
The exertion dampens some of the mirth.
—Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
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Noun
Their pairing begs the question of whether misery and mirth alternate, blend, or coexist.
—Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 14 June 2026
There’s a fair bit of mirth in all this, and in Glanz’s brittle, snippy dialogue, which is abetted by the casting.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 4 June 2026
That character’s name alone — like the resurgence of Doofy — is an indication of the mirth the screenwriters take from skewering political correctness, cancel culture and social justice movements like Black Lives Matter and #MeTo.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2026
The exertion dampens some of the mirth.
—Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
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“Mirth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mirth. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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mirth
noun
: gaiety accompanied by laughter
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