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mirth

[murth] / mɜrθ /


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Hopefully, that mirth is starting to wear thin.

From Salon • Jan. 2, 2026

In summoning so much mirth for its monument to merriment, “A Child’s Christmas in Wales” cheerfully rages against the dying of the light.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

The games, the tedium, the comfort of nostalgia, the sting and fury of old resentments: It’s an experience of mirth and misery alike.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

The book by Jay Thompson, Marshall Barer and Dean Fuller, which infuses vaudevillian mirth into “The Princess and the Pea,” has been updated by Amy Sherman-Palladino to be more in keeping with contemporary sensitivities.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2024

Sarai cracked first, tipping into helpless laughter, and Feral followed, and mirth worked its mundane magic, leaching the tension from Sarai’s spine and relieving the cold dread that had been pressing on her all evening.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor




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