Mirth vs Pleasant - What's the difference?
mirth | pleasant | Synonyms |
The emotion usually following humour and accompanied by laughter; merriment; jollity; gaiety.
* 1883 ,
*, title=The Mirror and the Lamp
, chapter=2 * 1912 , :
That which causes merriment.
* 1922 ,
Giving pleasure; pleasing in manner.
* Bible, Psalms cxxxiii. 1
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Mirth is a synonym of pleasant.
As nouns the difference between mirth and pleasant
is that mirth is the emotion usually following humour and accompanied by laughter; merriment; jollity; gaiety while pleasant is (obsolete) a wit; a humorist; a buffoon.As an adjective pleasant is
giving pleasure; pleasing in manner.mirth
English
Noun
(en noun)- And he began to laugh again, and that so heartily, that, though I did not see the joke as he did, I was again obliged to join him in his mirth.
citation, passage=She was a fat, round little woman, richly apparelled in velvet and lace, […]; and the way she laughed, cackling like a hen, the way she talked to the waiters and the maid, […]—all these unexpected phenomena impelled one to hysterical mirth , and made one class her with such immortally ludicrous types as Ally Sloper, the Widow Twankey, or Miss Moucher.}}
- Their eyes met and they began to laugh. They laughed as children do when they cannot contain themselves, and can not explain the cause of their mirth to grown people, but share it perfectly together.
- Phantasmal mirth , folded away: muskperfumed.
Synonyms
* (emotion) delight, glee, hilarity, jollityAntonyms
* (emotion) sadness, gloomDerived terms
* mirthful * mirthfulness * mirthless * mirthlessly * mirthlessnesspleasant
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- Behold, how good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant' as talking; just to watch was ' pleasant .}}