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MIRTHFULNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mirthfulness mean?
• MIRTHFULNESS (noun)
The noun MIRTHFULNESS has 1 sense:
1. great merriment
Familiarity information: MIRTHFULNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Great merriment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Synonyms:
glee; gleefulness; hilarity; mirth; mirthfulness
Hypernyms ("mirthfulness" is a kind of...):
gaiety; merriment (a gay feeling)
Derivation:
mirthful (arousing or provoking laughter)
mirthful (full of or showing high-spirited merriment)
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