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Recent Examples of Synonyms for high-spiritedness
Noun
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The two tell me with mirth and kindness that the question is quite a faux pas.—
Allie Garfinkle,
Fortune,
1 July 2025 -
Metzler did a wonderful job blending misery and mirth in Maid, a series that was an often-downbeat class critique in which bursts of satire worked as a release valve.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2025
Noun
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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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There was a kind of trickster’s glee in his expression.—
Darcy Ballantyne
July 16,
Literary Hub,
16 July 2025
Noun
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What was revealed amidst all the hilarity and chaos was someone who was authentically himself and beloved by his family for it.—
Quentin Thane Singer,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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Patti LaBelle and Fantasia will soon face off on Celebrity Family Feud, and Billboard has an exclusive look at some of the hilarity viewers can expect.—
Mackenzie Cummings-Grady,
Billboard,
23 July 2025
Noun
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There is no true holiness without merriment, and all true merriment is holy.—
Matthew Scogin,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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The pair will reprise the roles of Jack Cooper and Jessica McFall, who are planning their New Year’s Eve wedding celebration until a once-in-a-lifetime career opportunity threatens to upend the festivities and matrimonial merriment.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
28 July 2025
Noun
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With the Red Army closing in, such gatherings, expressions of a desperate gaiety, a fin d’une époque efflorescence, weren’t rare.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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With the Red Army closing in, such gatherings, expressions of a desperate gaiety, a fin d’une époque efflorescence, weren’t rare.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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“High-spiritedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high-spiritedness. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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