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Definition of Mirthful
1. Adjective. Full of or showing high-spirited merriment. "A mirthful laugh"
Similar to: Joyous
Derivative terms: Jocundity, Jolliness, Jollity, Jolly, Joviality, Joviality, Merriness, Mirthfulness
2. Adjective. Arousing or provoking laughter. "Risible courtroom antics"
Similar to: Humorous, Humourous
Derivative terms: Comedy, Comic, Comedy, Comedy, Comicality, Fun, Funniness, Laugh, Mirthfulness, Risibility
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
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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