Englishjoie de vivre
noun
French
Mediterranean joie de vivre is not a quality found in the typical Briton:
gaiety, cheerfulness, cheeriness, merriment, light-heartedness, happiness, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, delight, pleasure, high spirits, spiritedness, jollity, jolliness, joviality, exuberance, ebullience, liveliness, vivacity, enthusiasm, enjoyment, verve, gusto, relish, animation, effervescence, sparkle, buoyancy, sprightliness, jauntiness, zest, zestfulness;
informal pep, zing, get-up-and-go, being full of the joys of spring, perkiness;
literary gladsomeness, blitheness, blithesomeness.
▷antonyms depression; sobriety.