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Synonyms & Antonyms of mirth
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?
Synonyms for mirth
- cheer,
- cheerfulness,
- cheeriness,
- festivity,
- gaiety
- (also gayety),
- gayness,
- glee,
- gleefulness,
- hilarity,
- jocundity,
- joviality,
- merriment,
- merriness,
- mirthfulness
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“Mirth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mirth. Accessed 2 Oct. 2022.
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