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
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
"Yes, sir, five thousand dollars!" exclaimed Marcus, with a sudden unaccountable mirthlessness.
From McTeague by Frank Norris
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
