Word Meanings - MIRTHFUL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of MIRTHFUL)

• Jocund
• Merry
• joyous
• jovial
• gay
• gleeful
• blithesome
• careless
• mirthful
• hilarious
• sprightly
• sportive
• joyful
• lively
• vivacious
• Jolly
• Gay
• gladsome
• genial
• jubilant
• robust
• plump
• merry

Related words: (words related to MIRTHFUL)

• LIVELY
  1. Endowed with or manifesting life; living. Chaplets of gold and silver resembling lively flowers and leaves. Holland. 2. Brisk; vivacious; active; as, a lively youth. But wherefore comes old Manoa in such haste, With youthful steps Much livelier
• JOVIALITY
  The quality or state of being jovial. Sir T. Herbert.
• GENIALLY
  1. By genius or nature; naturally. Some men are genially disposed to some opinions. Glanvill. 2. Gayly; cheerfully. Johnson.
• CARELESSLY
  In a careless manner.
• JOVIALTY
  Joviality. Barrow.
• SPRIGHTLY
  Sprightlike, or spiritlike; lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay; as, a sprightly youth; a sprightly air; a sprightly dance. "Sprightly wit and love inspires." Dryden. The sprightly Sylvia trips along the green. Pope.
• PLUMPNESS
  The quality or state of being plump.
• MERRY-ANDREW
  One whose business is to make sport for others; a buffoon; a zany; especially, one who attends a mountebank or quack doctor. Note: This term is said to have originated from one Andrew Borde, an English physician of the 16th century, who
• JOVIALIST
  One who lives a jovial life. Bp. Hall.
• GENIALNESS
  The quality of being genial.
• GENIALITY
  The quality of being genial; sympathetic cheerfulness; warmth of disposition and manners.
• JOVIALNESS
  Noisy mirth; joviality. Hewyt.
• MERRYMAKING
  Making or producing mirth; convivial; jolly.
• SPORTIVE
  Tending to, engaged in, or provocate of, sport; gay; froliscome; playful; merry. Is it I That drive thee from the sportive court Shak. -- Sport"ive*ly, adv. -- Sport"ive*ness, n.
• JOVIAL
  planet Jupiter was thought to make those born under it joyful or 1. Of or pertaining to the god, or the planet, Jupiter. Our jovial star reigned at his birth. Shak. The fixed stars astrologically differenced by the planets, and esteemed Martial
• JOLLY
  jolif, joyful, merry, F. joli pretty; of Scand. origin, akin to E. 1. Full of life and mirth; jovial; joyous; merry; mirthful. Like a jolly troop of huntsmen. Shak. "A jolly place," said he, "in times of old! But something ails it now: the spot
• GLEEFUL
  Merry; gay; joyous. Shak.
• PLUMP
  Well rounded or filled out; full; fleshy; fat; as, a plump baby; plump cheeks. Shak. The god of wine did his plump clusters bring. T. Carew. (more info) clumsy; akin to D. plomp, G., Dan., & Sw. plump; probably of
• MIRTHFUL
  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.
• VIVACIOUS
  Living through the winter, or from year to year; perennial. Syn. -- Sprightly; active; animated; sportive; gay; merry; jocund; light- hearted. -- Vi*va"cious*ly, adv. -- Vi*va"cious*ness, n. (more info) 1. Having vigorous powers of life; tenacious
• PRIMOGENIAL
  First born, made, or generated; original; primary; elemental; as, primogenial light. Glanvill.
• CONGENIALLY
  In a congenial manner; as, congenially married or employed.
• CONGENIALNESS
  Congeniality.