Definition of Mirthful

1. Adjective. Full of or showing high-spirited merriment. "A mirthful laugh"

Exact synonyms: Gay, Jocund, Jolly, Jovial, Merry
Similar to: Joyous
Derivative terms: Jocundity, Jolliness, Jollity, Jolly, Joviality, Joviality, Merriness, Mirthfulness

2. Adjective. Arousing or provoking laughter. "Risible courtroom antics"

Definition of Mirthful

1. a. Full of mirth or merriment; merry; as, mirthful children.

Definition of Mirthful

1. Adjective. filled with mirth. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mirthful

1. mirth [adj] - See also: mirth

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mirthful

mirrored
mirroring
mirrorless
mirrorlike
mirrors
mirrorshades
mirrorwise
mirrory
mirrour
mirroured
mirrouring
mirrours
mirs
mirtazapine
mirth
mirthful (current term)
mirthfull
mirthfuller
mirthfully
mirthfulness
mirthfulnesses
mirthless
mirthlessly
mirthlessness
mirths
mirtron
mirtrons
mirv
mirved
mirving

Literary usage of Mirthful

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau by Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1901)
"It was late, and her stay was short; but the interview was so mirthful that her fancy was agreeably engaged, and she seemed disposed to return. ..."

2. The Life of Charles Dickens by John Forster (1874)
"DEVONSHIRE TERRACE AND BROADSTAIRS. 1840. A Good Saying—Landor mystified—The mirthful Side of Dickens —Extravagant Flights—Humorous Despair—Riding ..."

3. The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1895)
"CHAPTER XXXII Of the reply which Don Quixote made to his reprover; with other incidents, grave and mirthful STANDING upright, and shaking from head to feet, ..."

4. The Life of Lorenzo De'Medici, Called the Magnificent by William Roscoe (1797)
"... the populace on these mirthful occasions, (a) In the edition of the Canzoni a hallo, published at Florence in 1568, the title-page is ornamented with a ..."

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