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Mirthful definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MIRTH'FUL, a. Merry; jovial; festive.
The feast was served, the bowl was crown'd,
To the king's pleasure went the mirthful round.
MIRTH['FULLY, adv. In a jovial manner.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

adjective see mirth

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mirthful Mirth"ful, a. 1. Full of mirth or merriment; merry; as, mirthful children. 2. Indicating or inspiring mirth; as, a mirthful face. Mirthful, comic shows. --Shak. -- Mirth"ful*ly, adv. -- Mirth"ful*ness, n.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Merry, jovial, gay, lively, festive, joyful, joyous, cheery, hilarious, cheerful, jocund, vivacious, jolly, playful, sportive, frolicsome. 2. Funny, comic, droll, merry, jocose, jocular, humorous, sportive, witty, facetious, waggish, ludicrous.

Moby Thesaurus

blithe, blithesome, buxom, festive, frivolous, gay, gleeful, hilarious, jocular, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, laughter-loving, lighthearted, merry, mirth-loving, rejoicing, risible