Definitions for mirth
mɜrθmirth

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. hilarity, mirth, mirthfulness, glee, gleefulness(noun)

   great merriment

Wiktionary(3.67 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. mirth(Noun)

   The emotion usually following humour and accompanied by laughter; merriment; jollity; gaiety.

2. mirth(Noun)

   That which causes merriment.

Origin: myrgþ, approximately equivalent to .

Webster Dictionary(2.67 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Mirth(noun)

   merriment; gayety accompanied with laughter; jollity

2. Mirth(noun)

   that which causes merriment

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Mirth

   mėrth, n. merriness: pleasure: delight: noisy gaiety: jollity: laughter.—adj. Mirth′ful, full of mirth: causing mirth: merry: jovial.—adv. Mirth′fully.—n. Mirth′fulness.—adj. Mirth′less, joyless: cheerless.—n. Mirth′lessness, absence of mirth. [A.S. myrgð—merg, merry.]

How to pronounce mirth?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of mirth in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of mirth in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of mirth in a Sentence

1. V. S. Pritchett:

   The kingdoms of fantasy and mirth are longlasting and not of this world.

2. Nelson Boswell:

   I love such mirth as does not make friends ashamed to look upon one another next morning.

3. Robert South:

   Most of the appearance of mirth in the world is not mirth, it is art. The wounded spirit is not seen, but walks under a disguise.

4. Kurt Vonnegut, God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater:

   The Angel that presided o'er my birth said, Little creature form'd of Joy & Mirth, Go love without the help of any Thing on Earth.

5. Ella Wheeler Wilcox:

   Laugh and the world laughs with you Weep, and you weep alone For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth, But has trouble enough of its own.

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