gaiety
4
6.6
- noun
- /ˈɡeɪ.ə.ti/
:
alegría
- Yet amid the gaiety of these preparations, a troubling question looms: How can we deal with Hanukkah?
She remembered laughter, the singing and gaiety.
- She remembered laughter, the singing and gaiety.
Examples
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The gaiety and splendour of Madrid and the court.
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I couldn't hear the songs, but the gaiety was catching.
Fiction book (1999) -
"Really?" There was an air of gaiety in her question.
Fiction book (1999) -
Sea air, sunshine, gaiety, girls.
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The officers, in particular, had a winter of gaiety in the largest and most sophisticated city of North America.
Academic text (1992) -
Such a moment called for gaiety, not grotesquery.
Academic text (2010) -
All my life I've dreamed of that, the gaiety and color and people.
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He was only a dog but he filled our lives with joy and gaiety.
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I think you know Mr. Flusky, that Mrs. Rigg is very partial to a life of gaiety.
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The festival was filled with gaiety, and everyone danced joyfully around the bonfire.
Synonyms
793
1.0
A strong feeling of great happiness
434
1.0
A strong feeling of happiness and eagerness, or something that causes it
288
2.2
A strong feeling of excitement and interest in something
27
6.7
A feeling of strong, happy energy and excitement
17
5.8
A strong, happy feeling of excitement
14
3.4
A time of happy laughter and fun at a party or celebration
11
5.2
A strong feeling of happiness and excitement during a celebration
9
1.0
A feeling of being happy and pleased
8
2.5
Being ready to play and have fun
7
9.6
A feeling of great joy and energy about life
4
1.0
A happy mood that makes you smile and helps others feel good
2
8.0
A friendly, lively atmosphere that makes people enjoy being together
1
8.5
A feeling of cheerful, lively energy that people show
1
7.5
A cheerful, lively feeling that people show when they enjoy themselves
1
2.7
A happy, lively feeling that makes people smile
1
6.5
A strong feeling of great joy that people show openly
1
3.0
A strong feeling of great happiness
A cheerful, lively feeling at a party or festival
A strong feeling of great joy after success
Great happiness and lively celebration with singing and dancing
A strong feeling of happy excitement that makes you smile
A feeling of great happiness and pleasure
A happy, carefree feeling that makes people cheerful
A cheerful, lively feeling that makes people enjoy themselves
Antonyms
How Cheerful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word gaiety comes from an old French word gai meaning 'merry' or 'happy', and it is the same root as the English word gay. So gaiety refers to the feeling or look of being cheerful and full of lively fun.