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gayness

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Synonyms & Antonyms of gayness

a mood characterized by high spirits and amusement and often accompanied by laughter

the melancholy-tinged gayness of college-bound friends on their last fling together before going their separate ways

Synonyms for gayness

cheer,
cheerfulness,
cheeriness,
festivity,
gaiety
(also gayety),
glee,
gleefulness,
hilarity,
jocundity,
joviality,
merriment,
merriness,
mirth,
mirthfulness

Words Related to gayness

frivolity,
levity

jollification,
jollity,
reveling
(or revelling),
revelry

brightness,
buoyancy,
good-humoredness,
good-naturedness,
humor,
sunniness

gamesomeness,
insouciance,
lightheartedness,
playfulness,
sportiveness

buffoonery,
clownishness,
flippancy,
funning,
jest,
jesting,
jocoseness,
jocosity,
jocularity,
joking,
joshing

animation,
giddiness,
jauntiness,
liveliness,
perkiness,
vivacity

joyfulness,
joyousness,
jubilance,
rejoicing

frolicking,
gamboling
(or gambolling),
rollicking,
romping

Near Antonyms for gayness

blues,
dejection,
depression,
despondence,
forlornness,
sadness,
sorrow,
unhappiness

bile,
gloom,
melancholy,
sourness,
spleen

earnestness,
graveness,
gravity,
grimness,
seriousness,
soberness,
sobersidedness,
solemnity,
solemnness

discontent,
disgruntlement,
moodiness

dolefulness,
dolorousness,
joylessness,
mournfulness,
plaintiveness,
woe,
woefulness

blackness,
darkness,
gloominess,
glumness

desolateness,
desolation

heartbreak,
miserableness,
misery,
mourning,
wretchedness

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“Gayness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gayness. Accessed 18 Oct. 2021.

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