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Meaning of 'mirthful' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Mirthful [ a.]
- Full of mirth or merriment; merry; as, mirthful children.
- Indicating or inspiring mirth; as, a mirthful face.

Meaning of 'mirthful' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . mirthful [ s]
Meaning (1):
- arousing or provoking laughter
Example in sentence:
  • a comic hat;
  • a comical look of surprise;
  • a mirthful experience;
  • a very funny writer;
  • an amusing fellow;
  • an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls;
  • funny stories that made everybody laugh;
  • it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much;
  • risible courtroom antics
Meaning (2):
- full of or showing high-spirited merriment
Example in sentence:
  • a jovial old gentleman;
  • a mirthful laugh;
  • a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company;
  • have a merry Christmas;
  • jolly old Saint Nick;
  • peals of merry laughter;
  • the jolly crowd at the reunion;
  • when hearts were young and gay

Nearby Words:

mir mira mirabilaries mirabilary mirabilis mirabilite mirable miracle miraculize miraculous

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