Gaiety

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A state of joyful exuberance or merriment; vivacity.
  • n. Merry or joyful activity; festivity: making preparations for the holiday gaieties.
  • n. Bright color or showiness, as of dress; finery.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The state of being happy.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Same as gayety.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The state of being gay; cheerful animation; mirthfulness.
  • n. Action or acts prompted by or inspiring merry delight; a pleasure: commonly in the plural: as, the gaieties of the season.
  • n. Finery; showiness: as, gaiety of dress.
  • n. Synonyms Life, Liveliness, etc. (see animation); cheerfulness. joyousness, blitheness. glee, jollity.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a gay feeling
  • n. a festive merry feeling
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    levity   
    Cross Reference
    gayness   
    Variant
    gayety   
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