joviality
111lightheadedness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) I noun A sensation of whirling or falling: dizziness, giddiness, vertiginousness, vertigo, wooziness. See AWARENESS. II noun A state of joyful exuberance: blitheness, blithesomeness, gaiety, glee, gleefulness, hilarity,… …
112merriness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A state of joyful exuberance: blitheness, blithesomeness, gaiety, glee, gleefulness, hilarity, jocoseness, jocosity, jocularity, jocundity, jolliness, jollity, joviality, lightheartedness, merriment, mirth,… …
113mirthfulness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A state of joyful exuberance: blitheness, blithesomeness, gaiety, glee, gleefulness, hilarity, jocoseness, jocosity, jocularity, jocundity, jolliness, jollity, joviality, lightheartedness, merriment, merriness, mirth.… …
114Cheerfulness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Cheerfulness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 cheerfulness cheerfulness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 geniality geniality gayety l allegro cheer good humor spirits Sgm: N 1 high spirits high spirits animal spirits …
115jovial — jo|vi|al [ˈdʒəuviəl US ˈdʒou ] adj [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: Late Latin jovialis of the god Jove or Jupiter ; because people born under the influence of the planet Jupiter were thought likely to be happy] friendly and happy ▪ He… …
116dividing line — dividing lines 1) N COUNT: usu sing, oft N between pl n A dividing line is a distinction or set of distinctions which marks the difference between two types of thing or two groups. There s a very thin dividing line between joviality and hysteria …
117jovial — [ dʒəʊvɪəl, vj(ə)l] adjective cheerful and friendly. Derivatives joviality noun jovially adverb Origin C16: from Fr., from late L. jovialis of Jupiter , with ref. to the supposed influence of the planet Jupiter on those born under it …
118conviviality — n. Festivity, joviality, jollity, gayety, merry making …
119gayety — n. [Written also Gaiety.] 1. Show, showiness, gaudiness, finery, glitter, brilliancy, tinsel, gaudiness, garishness, flashiness. 2. Liveliness, cheerfulness, joyousness, joviality, sprightliness, mirth, blithesomeness, merriment, glee, hilarity,… …
120glee — n. 1. Merriment, mirth, gayety, joviality, jollity, exhilaration, liveliness, sportiveness, jocularity, hilarity. 2. Light song, song of interwoven melodies …
