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
The rider grinned with grim mirthlessness, edging Purgatory around so that the two men, their backs toward 10 him, were not more than twenty or thirty feet away and entirely exposed to his view.
From 'Drag' Harlan by Charles Alden Seltzer
He smiled with the cold mirthlessness that always reminded Humbolt of his father—of the Lake who had been the Constellation's lieutenant commander.
From Space Prison by Tom Godwin
"Yes, sir, five thousand dollars!" exclaimed Marcus, with a sudden unaccountable mirthlessness.
From McTeague by Frank Norris
He laughed with a harsh mirthlessness that made her quiver.
From The Shadow of the East by E. M. (Edith Maude) Hull
