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Antonyms for lightheartedness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : lahyt-hahr-tid
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlaɪtˈhɑr tɪd



Definition of lightheartedness

  • noun high spirits
Example sentences :
  • Folly is gaiety and lightheartedness, indispensable to happiness.
  • Extract from : « Erasmus and the Age of Reformation » by Johan Huizinga
  • She had shed her frivolity and lightheartedness like an old garment.
  • Extract from : « Woman » by William J. Robinson
  • He let himself be irritated by the lightheartedness of Forbes.
  • Extract from : « Their Pilgrimage » by Charles Dudley Warner
  • She could make no allowance for ignorance, for weakness, for lightheartedness.
  • Extract from : « In the Roar of the Sea » by Sabine Baring-Gould
  • And what a boon is lightheartedness when there is work to do!
  • Extract from : « A Word to Women » by Mrs. C. E. Humphry
  • And lightheartedness is of every age, from seven to seventy-seven and perhaps beyond it.
  • Extract from : « A Word to Women » by Mrs. C. E. Humphry
  • He was intoxicated, almost bewildered by his own lightheartedness.
  • Extract from : « A Man's Hearth » by Eleanor M. Ingram
  • And seeing that her lightheartedness was pleasant to them, she teased and joked with them.
  • Extract from : « The Princess Pocahontas » by Virginia Watson
  • And I had believed Carpenter Nikolai incapable of lightheartedness!
  • Extract from : « Look Back on Happiness » by Knut Hamsun
  • She was glad when she was out in the sunshine and among the flowers again, and her lightheartedness soon returned.
  • Extract from : « London's Heart » by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon

Synonyms for lightheartedness

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