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Antonyms for blitheness

Grammar : Noun
Spell : blahyth, blahyth
Phonetic Transcription : blaɪð, blaɪθ

Definition of blitheness

Origin :
  • Old English bliþe "joyous, kind, cheerful, pleasant," from Proto-Germanic *blithiz "gentle, kind" (cf. Old Saxon bliði "bright, happy," Middle Dutch blide, Dutch blijde, Old Norse bliðr "mild, gentle," Old High German blidi "gay, friendly," Gothic bleiþs "kind, friendly, merciful").
  • Rare since 16c. No cognates outside Germanic. "The earlier application was to the outward expression of kindly feeling, sympathy, affection to others, as in Gothic and ON.; but in OE. the word had come more usually to be applied to the external manifestation of one's own pleased or happy frame of mind, and hence even to the state itself." [OED]
  • noun gaiety
Example sentences :
  • He wore an air of blitheness which, though silent, was overdone.
  • Extract from : « Bonaventure » by George Washington Cable
  • Certainly of Greek blitheness and directness there was no trace.
  • Extract from : « Robert Elsmere » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • Thereupon they parted with no blitheness, and Cormac went to his ship.
  • Extract from : « The Life and Death of Cormac the Skald » by Unknown
  • “Not in it with the Cubs,” he announced, blitheness in his manner.
  • Extract from : « What's-His-Name » by George Barr McCutcheon
  • All the blitheness was with Nikolaus; we others could not shake off our depression.
  • Extract from : « The Mysterious Stranger and Other Stories » by Mark Twain
  • The blitheness of their humor, therefore, contained also a seasoning of carelessness.
  • Extract from : « The Eddy » by Clarence L. Cullen
  • I am not exaggerating when I relate that the days now passed with blitheness.
  • Extract from : « The Cassowary » by Stanley Waterloo
  • It is strange to look back and recall with what blitheness we prepared to leave.
  • Extract from : « More Tish » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • To serve, one cannot avoid that; but to serve with blitheness, that is the secret.
  • Extract from : « The Silent Isle » by Arthur Christopher Benson
  • A clear sweet humor and blitheness of heart blend in this romance.
  • Extract from : « Literary and Social Essays » by George William Curtis

Synonyms for blitheness

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