" Hilarity differs from joy: the latter, excited by good news or prosperity, is an affection of the mind; the former, produced by social pleasure, drinking, etc., which rouse the animal spirits, is more demonstrative."

Syn. -- Glee; cheerfulness; mirth; merriment; gayety; joyousness; exhilaration; joviality; jollity.

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THESAURUS

hilarity

Homeric laughter, absurdity, absurdness, amusement, belly laugh, bizarreness, bizarrerie, boff, boffola, boisterousness, burst of laughter, cachinnation, cackle, cheerfulness, chortle, chuckle, conviviality, convulsion, crow, drollery, drollness, eccentricity, elation, exhilaration, exuberance, fit of laughter, frivolity, fun, funniness, gaiety, gales of laughter, giggle, glee, gleefulness, guffaw, ha-ha, hearty laugh, hee-haw, hee-hee, high glee, high spirits, hilariousness, ho-ho, horselaugh, humorousness, incongruity, jocularity, jocundity, jolliness, jollity, joviality, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, jubilation, laugh, laughability, laughing, laughter, levity, ludicrousness, merriment, merriness, mirth, mirthfulness, outburst of laughter, peal of laughter, pricelessness, quaintness, quizzicalness, revelry, richness, ridiculousness, risibility, roar of laughter, shout, shout of laughter, shriek, snicker, snigger, snort, tee-hee, the funny side, titter, vivacity, whimsicalness, wittiness, yuck, yuk-yuk

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hilarity

Cheerfulness

N cheerfulness, geniality, gayety, l'allegro, cheer, good humor, spirits, high spirits, animal spirits, flow of spirits, glee, high glee, light heart, sunshine of the mind, sunshine of the breast, gaiete de coeur, bon naturel, liveliness, life, alacrity, vivacity, animation, allegresse, jocundity, joviality, jollity, levity, jocularity, mirth, merriment, hilarity, exhilaration, laughter, merrymaking, heyday, rejoicing, marriage bell, nepenthe, Euphrosyne, sweet forgetfulness, optimism, self complacency, hedonics, hedonism, cheerful, happy, cheery, cheerly, of good cheer, smiling, blithe, in spirits, in good spirits, breezy, bully, chipper, in high spirits, in high feather, happy as the day is long, happy as a king, gay as a lark, allegro, debonair, light, lightsome, light hearted, buoyant, debonnaire, bright, free and easy, airy, janty, jaunty, canty, hedonic, riant, sprightly, sprightful, spry, spirited, spiritful, lively, animated, vivacious, brisk as a bee, sparkling, sportive, full of play, full of spirit, all alive, sunny, palmy, hopeful, merry as a cricket, merry as a grig, merry as a marriage bell, joyful, joyous, jocund, jovial, jolly as a thrush, jolly as a sandboy, blithesome, gleeful, gleesome, hilarious, rattling, winsome, bonny, hearty, buxom, playful, playsome, folatre, playful as a kitten, tricksy, frisky, frolicsome, gamesome, jocose, jocular, waggish, mirth loving, laughter-loving, mirthful, rollicking, elate, elated, exulting, jubilant, flushed, rejoicing, cock-a-hoop, cheering, inspiriting, exhilarating, cardiac, cardiacal, pleasing, palmy, cheerfully, Int, never say die!, come!, cheer up!, hurrah!, hence loathed melancholy!, begone dull care!, away with melancholy!, a merry heart goes all the day, as merry as the day is long, ride si sapis.

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