Antonyms for mirth

Grammar : Noun

Spell : murth

Phonetic Transcription : mɜrθ

Definition of mirth

Origin : Old English myrgð "joy, pleasure," from Proto-Germanic *murgitha (cf. Middle Dutch merchte), noun of quality from *murgjo- (see merry; also see -th (2)). Mirthquake "entertainment that excites convulsive laughter" first attested 1928, in reference to Harold Lloyd movies.

noun great joy

Example sentences :

In vain the Woman Perfect struggled to subdue her mirth to penitence.
Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

Chip made haste to stifle his mirth, in fear that she was going to cry.
Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower

Angelique interrupted him by laughing gaily, and he joined her in her mirth for a moment.
Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola

Among the desperate there is almost invariably a tendency to mirth.
Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

The two Ricardis laughed; but instantly restrained their mirth.
Extract from : « Casanova's Homecoming » by Arthur Schnitzler

In many of the houses which we passed could be heard sounds of mirth and gaiety.
Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka

Grief is not an inmate of the plain; the hours of the shepherd are sped in gaiety and mirth.
Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin

She could not away with the freedom of society, and the levity of mirth.
Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin

There was no mirth in his expression, and McBain understood.
Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum

Hermione made a sound that was like a little laugh, behind which there was no mirth.
Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens

Synonyms for mirth

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