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Jolliness

Jollity; noisy mirth.

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Amiability 76% connected

The quality of being amiable; amiableness; sweetness of disposition.

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Gaiety 76% connected

Same as Gayety.

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Merriment 76% connected

Gayety, with laughter; mirth; frolic.

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Jolly 74% connected

Full of life and mirth; jovial; joyous; merry; mirthful.

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Jolly 74% connected

Full of life and mirth; jovial; joyous; merry; mirthful.

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Jollity 92% connected

Noisy mirth; gayety; merriment; festivity; boisterous enjoyment.

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Joviality 92% connected

The quality or state of being jovial.

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Abandon noun · 77% connection

a feeling of extreme emotional intensity; "the wildness of his anger"

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Amusive adjective · 78% connection

Having power to amuse or entertain the mind; fitted to excite mirth.

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Bluster verb · 78% connection

To talk with noisy violence; to swagger, as a turbulent or boasting person; to act in a noisy, tumultuous way; to play the bully; to s…

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Blustering adjective · 78% connection

Uttering noisy threats; noisy and swaggering; boisterous.

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Boisterous adjective · 78% connection

Noisy; rough; turbulent; as, boisterous mirth; boisterous behavior.

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Caper noun · 78% connection

A frolicsome leap or spring; a skip; a jump, as in mirth or dancing; a prank.

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Carol noun · 78% connection

A song of joy, exultation, or mirth; a lay.

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Cheer noun · 78% connection

Gayety; mirth; cheerfulness; animation.

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Comedy noun · 78% connection

A dramatic composition, or representation of a bright and amusing character, based upon the foibles of individuals, the manners of soc…

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Comic adjective · 78% connection

Causing mirth; ludicrous.

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Comical adjective · 78% connection

Exciting mirth; droll; laughable; as, a comical story.

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Comicry noun · 78% connection

The power of exciting mirth; comicalness.

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Conviviality noun · 78% connection

The good humor or mirth indulged in upon festive occasions; a convivial spirit or humor; festivity.

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Disposed p. a. · 78% connection

Inclined to mirth; jolly.

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Droll noun · 78% connection

One whose practice it is to raise mirth by odd tricks; a jester; a buffoon; a merry-andrew.

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Drollery noun · 78% connection

Something which serves to raise mirth

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Enliven verb · 78% connection

To give spirit or vivacity to; to make sprightly, gay, or cheerful; to animate; as, mirth and good humor enliven a company; enlivening…

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Exhilarant adjective · 78% connection

Exciting joy, mirth, or pleasure.

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Fleet verb · 78% connection

To hasten over; to cause to pass away lighty, or in mirth and joy.

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