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gladsome
[glad-suhm] 
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blithe
[blahyth, blahyth]
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | happy |
| Synonyms: | animated, buoyant, carefree, cheerful, cheery, chirpy, gay, gladsome, gleeful, jaunty, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, lighthearted, merry, mirthful, sprightly, sunny, vivacious |
| Antonyms: | heavyhearted, morose, sad, sorrowful, unhappy |
| Main Entry: | jolly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | laughing, joyful |
| Synonyms: | blithe, blithesome, bouncy, carefree, cheerful, chipper, chirpy, convivial, daffy, delightful, enjoyable, entertaining, festive, frolicsome, funny, gay, gladsome, gleeful, happy, hilarious, jocund, jokey, joshing, jovial, joyous, jubilant, larking, lighthearted, lots of laughs, merry, mirthful, playful, pleasant, sportive, sprightly, zippy |
| Antonyms: | sad, unhappy |
| Main Entry: | joyful/joyous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | happy |
| Synonyms: | blithesome, cheerful, cheery, delighted, ecstatic, effervescent, elated, enjoyable, enraptured, expansive, festive, flying*, gay, glad, gladsome, gratified, heartening, high as a kite, high*, jubilant, lighthearted, merry, overjoyed, pleased, pleasurable, popping, rapturous, satisfied, sunny*, sunny-side up, transported, upbeat |
| Antonyms: | sad, sorrowful, unhappy, woeful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | joyful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | happy |
| Synonyms: | blithesome, cheerful, cheery, delighted, doing handsprings, ecstatic, effervescent, elated, enjoyable, enraptured, expansive, festive, flipping, flying, gay, glad, gladsome, gratified, heartening, high, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyous, jubilant, lighthearted, merry, overjoyed, pleased, pleasurable, popping, rapturous, satisfied, sunny, transported, upbeat |
| Antonyms: | miserable, sad |
| Main Entry: | blithesome |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gay |
| Synonyms: | blithe, carefree, cheerful, cheery, convivial, gladsome, gleeful, happy, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, lighthearted, lightsome, merry, mirthful, sunny |
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