'gaiety' definitions:
Definition of 'gaiety'
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Definition of 'gaiety'
From: GCIDE
- Gayety \Gay"e*ty\, n.; pl. Gayeties. [Written also gaiety.] [F. gaiet['e]. See Gay, a.]
- 1. The state of being gay; merriment; mirth; acts or entertainments prompted by, or inspiring, merry delight; -- used often in the plural; as, the gayeties of the season. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Finery; show; as, the gayety of dress.
- Syn: Liveliness; mirth; animation; vivacity; glee; blithesomeness; sprightliness; jollity. See Liveliness. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'gaiety'
From: GCIDE
- gaiety \gai"e*ty\ (g[=a]"[-e]*t[y^]), n. Same as Gayety. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'gaiety'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- animal spirits,
- animation,
- beatification,
- beatitude,
- bewitchment,
- blatancy,
- blessedness,
- bliss,
- blissfulness,
- blitheness,
- bravery,
- brazenness,
- bright color,
- brightness,
- brilliance,
- buoyancy,
- capersomeness,
- celebration,
- cheer,
- cheerfulness,
- cheeriness,
- chiffon,
- clinquant,
- cloud nine,
- color,
- colorfulness,
- coltishness,
- conviviality,
- crudeness,
- dash,
- dazzle,
- dazzlingness,
- delectation,
- delight,
- ecstasy,
- ecstatics,
- elan,
- elation,
- enchantment,
- entertainment,
- esprit,
- exaltation,
- exhilaration,
- extravagance,
- extravaganza,
- extravagation,
- exuberance,
- exultation,
- felicity,
- festivity,
- festoons,
- finery,
- flagrancy,
- flamboyance,
- flashiness,
- folderol,
- foofaraw,
- frilliness,
- frilling,
- frills,
- frills and furbelows,
- frippery,
- friskiness,
- frolicsomeness,
- froufrou,
- fuss,
- gamesomeness,
- garishness,
- gaudery,
- gaudiness,
- gayness,
- geniality,
- gilding,
- gilt,
- gingerbread,
- gladness,
- glare,
- glee,
- glitter,
- good cheer,
- good spirits,
- gorgeousness,
- gusto,
- happiness,
- heartiness,
- heaven,
- high spirits,
- hilarity,
- holiday-making,
- hoopla,
- intensity,
- intoxication,
- jauntiness,
- jazziness,
- joie de vivre,
- jollification,
- jollity,
- joviality,
- joy,
- joyance,
- joyfulness,
- joyousness,
- jubilation,
- larking,
- life,
- liveliness,
- loudness,
- luridness,
- mafficking,
- meretriciousness,
- merriment,
- merrymaking,
- mirth,
- mirthfulness,
- obtrusiveness,
- overhappiness,
- overjoyfulness,
- panache,
- paradise,
- paste,
- pinchbeck,
- piss and vinegar,
- playfulness,
- pleasantness,
- pleasure,
- pure color,
- racketing,
- radiance,
- rapture,
- ravishment,
- rejoicing,
- revel,
- reveling,
- revelment,
- revelry,
- revels,
- richness,
- rollicksomeness,
- rompishness,
- saturation,
- sensationalism,
- seventh heaven,
- shamelessness,
- showiness,
- skittishness,
- skylarking,
- spirit,
- spiritedness,
- spirits,
- sportiness,
- sportiveness,
- sprightliness,
- sunshine,
- superfluity,
- tawdriness,
- Technicolor,
- tinsel,
- transport,
- trappings,
- trickery,
- trumpery,
- unalloyed happiness,
- verve,
- vigor,
- vim,
- vitality,
- vivacity,
- vividness,
- vulgarness,
- whoopee,
- winsomeness,
- zest,
- zestfulness,
- zip