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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