good-humoredness

noun

as in brightness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for good-humoredness
  1. brightness
  2. buoyancy
  3. revelry
  4. playfulness
  5. jollity
  6. lightheartedness
  7. reveling
  8. insouciance
Noun
  • The right temple holds a multipurpose button and rocker for adjusting display brightness, switching between picture modes, and navigating the limited menu system.
    — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 10 July 2026
  • Noctilucent clouds keep glowing with an oddly cold brightness.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 10 July 2026
Definition of brightness
Noun
  • The movie had an irreverent spark that felt refreshing, fueling its buoyancy and pumping blood to its ample heart.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 24 June 2026
  • Swimming is metabolically the least expensive (near-neutral buoyancy needs no energy to support bodies), flying costs more, and running is the least efficient mode of animal and human locomotion.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 June 2026
Definition of buoyancy
Noun
  • All of it comes together in their new album in a rich symphonic display that creates tension, emotion, introspection, and revelry and that tells a deep narrative through sound, one that even the addition of lyrics couldn’t improve on.
    — Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 9 July 2026
  • Egypt won in penalties as well to join Mexico and Norway in newfound revelry.
    — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 4 July 2026
Definition of revelry
Noun
  • The playfulness comes in sometimes in just where the solos are placed.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 11 July 2026
  • Even the album title feels Westerbergian in its snotty playfulness.
    — Jeff Yerger, Pitchfork, 9 July 2026
Definition of playfulness
Noun
  • The finale is an ambiguous mix of jollity and agitation, with a piccolo shrieking above a militant march.
    — Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Winston Peacock’s Ghost of Christmas Present is especially winning with decidedly John Belushi-esque jollity.
    — Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 10 Dec. 2025
Definition of jollity
Noun
  • That lightheartedness quickly evolved into the NFL’s biggest off-field competition.
    — Karla Cote, Variety, 15 May 2026
  • In a film that nimbly walks the tightrope between lightheartedness and weightlessness, Jerry and Mabel’s antagonistic relationship ends up proving the unexpected core of the story.
    — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 2 Mar. 2026
Definition of lightheartedness
Noun
  • Especially watching Curtis reveling playing a teen again.
    — Katie Grant, Parents, 7 Aug. 2025
Definition of reveling
Noun
  • Rumpled lengths ooze insouciance, radiating a can't-be-bothered energy that, for some, is far cooler than even the bounciest blowout.
    — Calin Van Paris, InStyle, 4 July 2026
  • This turn was frankly difficult to digest in a show that’s otherwise adopted a stance of irreverent insouciance toward other hot topics.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 1 June 2026
Definition of insouciance
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