mirth
Happy laughter and fun.
mirth in a sentence
- The room filled with mirth as Grandad's terrible jokes somehow got funnier and funnier.
- The clown's wobbly bicycle act filled the big top with mirth and happy shrieks.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to mirth?
- Amisery
- Blaughter
- Csadness
- Dgloom
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B: laughter. The other three mean the opposite of mirth.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to mirth?
- Afun
- Blaughter
- Cjoy
- Dgloom
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D: gloom. The other three mean nearly the same as mirth.
Words that mean something similar
laughter, joy, fun
Words that mean the opposite
gloom, sadness, misery
More words about emotions & feelings
- morose: Gloomy, silent and in a bad mood.
- mournful: Full of sadness, especially about a loss.
- nauseating: So horrible that it makes you feel sick.
- nauseous: Feeling sick, as if you might vomit.
- nostalgic: Feeling happy and a little sad when you remember good times from the past.
- optimistic: Believing that good things will happen.
- outburst: A sudden explosion of strong feeling, like anger or laughter.
- outrage: A feeling of great anger and shock at something unfair.
More words to explore
Sitting the 11+ in Kent, Medway or Buckinghamshire?
Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test