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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | playful |
| Synonyms: | amusing, blithe, bubbly, cheerful, clowning, comical, frolicsome, funny, gamesome, gay, humorous, jaunty, jesting, jocular, jocund, joking, jolly, joyous, kittenish, lighthearted, lively, merry, mirthful, snappy, spirited, teasing, whimsical, witty |
| 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: | sporting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | playful |
| Synonyms: | antic, coltish, considerate, devil-may-care, fair, frisky, frolicsome, game, gamesome, gay, generous, gentlemanly, impish, jaunty, joyous, kittenish, larkish, lively, merry, mischievous, reasonable, roguish, rollicking, sportive, sportsmanlike, sportsmanly, sprightly, square, square dealing, square shooting, straight shooting, waggish, wild |
| Antonyms: | unsporting |
| Main Entry: | rejoicing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | happy |
| Synonyms: | cheerful, exuberant, exultant, gleeful, joyous, jubilant, mirthful |
| Antonyms: | lamenting, mourning |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | tickled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | glad |
| Synonyms: | animated, beaming, beautiful, blithesome, bright, can't complain, cheerful, cheering, cheery, contented, delighted, exhilarated, felicitous, floating on air, gay, genial, gleeful, gratified, gratifying, happy, hilarious, jocund, jovial, joyful, joyous, lighthearted, merry, mirthful, overjoyed, pleasant, pleased, pleased as punch, pleasing, radiant, rejoicing, sparkling, tickled pink, tickled to death, up*, willing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Concept: | [Expression of pleasure.] Rejoicing. |
| Category: | 1. Passive Affections |
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-nouns
rejoicing, exultation, triumph, jubilation, heyday, flush, revelling; merrymaking (amusement); jubilee (celebration); paean, Te Deum (thanksgiving) [more]; congratulation., smile, simper, smirk, grin; broad grin, sardonic grin., laughter (amusement)., risibility; derision., Momus; Democritus the Abderite; rollicker.
-verbs
rejoice, thank one's stars, bless one's stars; congratulate oneself, hug oneself; rub one's hands, clap one's hands; smack the lips, fling up one's cap; dance, skip; sing, carol, cirrup, chirp; hurrah; cry for joy, leap with joy; exult (boast); triumph; hold jubilee (celebrate); make merry (sport)., laugh, raise laughter (amuse) [more].
-adjectives
rejoicing; jubilant, exultant, triumphant; flushed, elated., laughable (ludicrous).
-phrases
the heart leaping with joy; ce n'est pas etre bien aise que de rire; "Laughter holding both his sides" [Milton]; le roi est mort, vive le roi; "with his eyes in flood with laughter" [Cymbeline].
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| Antonyms: | lamentation |
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