gaiety — OAT · Shobdo

gaiety

noun

1 there was unusual gaiety in her manner:

cheerfulness, cheer, light-heartedness, merriment, glee, gladness, happiness, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, delight, pleasure, high spirits, good spirits, good humor, jollity, jolliness, hilarity, mirth, joviality, exuberance, elation, exultation, euphoria, jubilation;

liveliness, vivacity, animation, effervescence, levity, buoyancy, sprightliness, zest, zestfulness;

French joie de vivre;

informal chirpiness, bounce, pep, zing;

literary gladsomeness, blitheness, blithesomeness;

rare gayness.

▷antonyms misery.

2 the hotel restaurant was a scene of gaiety:

merrymaking, festivity, fun, fun and games, frolics, revels, revelry, jollification, celebration, rejoicing, pleasure;

informal living it up;

British, informal larking about;

dated sport.