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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