lighthearted
[lahyt-hahr-tid]
- carefree; cheerful; merry: a lighthearted laugh.
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Origin of lighthearted
Synonyms
See more synonyms for lighthearted on Thesaurus.comcheery, joyful, blithe, happy, glad, merry, jovial, jocund.
Antonyms
cheerless, melancholy, gloomy.
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Examples from the Web for lightheartedness
Contemporary Examples
But despite our lightheartedness, the list started to carry too much weight for too many people.
Perhaps to counterweight the Sturm und Drang of the script, there was considerable laughter and lightheartedness on the set.
Historical Examples
Folly is gaiety and lightheartedness, indispensable to happiness.
Erasmus and the Age of ReformationJohan Huizinga
She had shed her frivolity and lightheartedness like an old garment.
WomanWilliam J. Robinson
He let himself be irritated by the lightheartedness of Forbes.
Their PilgrimageCharles Dudley Warner
She could make no allowance for ignorance, for weakness, for lightheartedness.
In the Roar of the SeaSabine Baring-Gould
And what a boon is lightheartedness when there is work to do!
A Word to WomenMrs. C. E. Humphry