| Pronunciation: | | hi'laritee
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| | Definition: | | [n] great merriment |
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| | Synonyms: | | glee, gleefulness, mirth, mirthfulness |
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| | See Also: | | gaiety, merriment |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Hi*lar"i*ty\ (?; 277), n. [L. hilaritas: cf. F.
hilarit['e]. See {Hilarious}.]
Boisterous mirth; merriment; jollity. --Goldsmith.
Note: Hilarity differs from joy: the latter, excited by good
news or prosperity, is an affection of the mind; the
former, produced by social pleasure, drinking, etc.,
which rouse the animal spirits, is more demonstrative.
Syn: Glee; cheerfulness; mirth; merriment; gayety;
joyousness; exhilaration; joviality; jollity.
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| | Related Terms: | | absurdity, absurdness, amusement, belly laugh, bizarreness, bizarrerie, boff, boffola, boisterousness, burst of laughter, cachinnation, cackle, cheerfulness, chortle, chuckle, conviviality, convulsion, crow, drollery, drollness, eccentricity, elation, exhilaration, exuberance, fit of laughter, frivolity, fun, funniness, gaiety, gales of laughter, giggle, glee, gleefulness, guffaw, ha-ha, hearty laugh, hee-haw, hee-hee, high glee, high spirits, hilariousness, ho-ho, Homeric laughter, horselaugh, humorousness, incongruity, jocularity, jocundity, jolliness, jollity, joviality, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, jubilation, laugh, laughability, laughing, laughter, levity, ludicrousness, merriment, merriness, mirth, mirthfulness, outburst of laughter, peal of laughter, pricelessness, quaintness, quizzicalness, revelry, richness, ridiculousness, risibility, roar of laughter, shout, shout of laughter, shriek, snicker, snigger, snort, tee-hee, the funny side, titter, vivacity, whimsicalness, wittiness, yuck, yuk-yuk |
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