mirth
noun
gaiety or jollity, especially when accompanied by laughter.
mirthless
-
a word derived from
mirth.
Example Sentences
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“I wonder if they’ll get prosecuted for that,” Ibrahim said, his voice mirthless at the joke.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2025
In “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” it’s deployed as a flat, mirthless inside joke — another pat reference, unfunny and predictable, charged with a yawning desperation to please.
From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2023
Thursday night was a gruesome scene, cloaked in finery and artistry, and what an appropriate, mirthless lasting impression of Beijing 2022.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 17, 2022
The scene couldn’t have been any further from the mirthless, empty arena where the Lightning won the Cup last September in a quarantined bubble across the continent in Edmonton, Alberta.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 7, 2021
But lately, the sister was not casting her mirthless smile in the direction of the probationers, nor speaking to them in the subdued voice that gave them such terrors.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
