Synonyms for gaiety
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : gey-i-tee |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgeɪ ɪ ti |
Top 10 synonyms for gaiety
- colorfulness
- effervescence
- elation
- entertainment
- exhilaration
- festivity
- frolic
- fun
- geniality
- gladness
- glee
- glitter
- grins
- high spirits
- jollity
- joviality
- joyousness
- lightheartedness
- liveliness
- merriment
- merrymaking
- mirth
- pleasantness
- radiance
- revel
- reveling
- revelry
- shindig
- showiness
- sparkle
- sport
- sprightliness
- vivacity
- whoopee
- wingding
Définition of gaiety
Origin :- 1630s, from French gaieté, from gai "gay" (see gay). In the 1890s, especially with reference to a London theater of that name, and the kind of musical shows and dancing girls found there.
- noun happiness, celebration
- "Then they'll have to prove it to me," she corrected, her gaiety now a trifle forced.
- Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
- Lady Glenthorn and her set were dancing, and I was tired of these sounds of gaiety.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- Indeed she chid Margaret for her lack of gaiety upon such an occasion.
- Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
- The place is something like the Gaiety Theatre at Simla, enlarged twenty times.
- Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling
- There was a large amount of gaiety in the old villages in those days.
- Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield
- All this gave me something else to think about, and I soon recovered my gaiety.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- I assure you, my dear sir, that in our unpretending home her gaiety is delightful.'
- Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
- The gaiety prevailing in that little corner rejoiced the sight.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- All its gaiety consists in an occasional tree in a courtyard.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- In many of the houses which we passed could be heard sounds of mirth and gaiety.
- Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
Antonyms for gaiety
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