mirth
noun
gaiety or jollity, especially when accompanied by laughter.
mirthlessness
-
a word derived from
mirth.
Example Sentences
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At precisely this point last season, after the fifth game, Michigan not only stood 2-3 overall and 0-3 against power-conference teams, it swam in the mirthlessness of hard moral waters.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 7, 2015
Seaforth and the doctor slept the sleep of exhaustion, and Deringham could have laughed with bitter mirthlessness at the irony of it all.
From Alton of Somasco by Harold Bindloss
He was exactly as he had been; his voice had the same slow mirthlessness and it uttered the same flat definitive comments.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, August 5th, 1914 by Various
"I've forgotten what it's like to meet people and try to talk intelligently," she laughed with the mirthlessness of physical exhaustion.
From The Education of Eric Lane by Stephen McKenna
He laughed with a harsh mirthlessness that made her quiver.
From The Shadow of the East by E. M. (Edith Maude) Hull
