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mirthful
adjective
1. arousing or provoking laughter
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an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls

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an amusing fellow

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a comic hat

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a comical look of surprise

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funny stories that made everybody laugh

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a very funny writer

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it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much

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a mirthful experience

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risible courtroom antics

Syn: ↑amusing, ↑comic, ↑comical, ↑funny, ↑laughable, ↑risible
Similar to: ↑humorous, ↑humourous
Derivationally related forms:
risibility (for: ↑risible), ↑mirthfulness, ↑laugh (for: ↑laughable), ↑fun (for: ↑funny), ↑funniness (for: ↑funny), ↑comicality (for: ↑comical), ↑comedy (for: ↑comical), ↑comic (for: ↑comic), ↑comedy (for: ↑comic)
2. full of or showing high-spirited merriment
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when hearts were young and gay

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"a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company"- Wordsworth

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the jolly crowd at the reunion

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jolly old Saint Nick

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a jovial old gentleman

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have a merry Christmas

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peals of merry laughter

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a mirthful laugh

Syn: ↑gay, ↑jocund, ↑jolly, ↑jovial, ↑merry
Similar to: ↑joyous
Derivationally related forms:
mirthfulness, ↑merriness (for: ↑merry), ↑joviality (for: ↑jovial), ↑jolly (for: ↑jolly), ↑jolliness (for: ↑jolly), ↑jollity (for: ↑jolly), ↑jocundity (for: ↑jocund)

Useful english dictionary. 2012.