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  • 91joke — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. jest, gag, wisecrack, witticism, bon mot; fooling, kidding, joshing. v. i. josh, jest, gag. See wit. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An action intended to be funny] Syn. prank, buffoonery, game, sport, frolic …

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  • 92joy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. rejoicing; pleasure, happiness, delight, mirth, gaiety, fun (inf.); joie de vivre. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A very glad feeling] Syn. happiness, delight, gladness, rapture; see happiness 1 , 2 ,… …

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  • 93mirth — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. hilarity, jollity, merriment, glee. See cheerfulness. Ant., gloom. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. frolic, jollity, entertainment; see fun , merriment 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. merriment, gaiety,… …

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  • 94drollery — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. buffoonery, humor, pleasantry; see joke 1 , 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality of being laughable or comical: comedy, comicality, comicalness, drollness, farcicality, funniness, humor, humorousness, jocoseness,… …

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  • 95happiness — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Good humor] Syn. mirth, merrymaking, cheer, merriment, joyousness, vivacity, laughter, delight, gladness, good spirits, hilarity, playfulness, exuberance, gaiety, cheerfulness, buoyancy, good will, rejoicing, joviality,… …

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  • 96jollity — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. vivacity, merriment, sport; see fun , happiness 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. A state of joyful exuberance: blitheness, blithesomeness, gaiety, glee, gleefulness, hilarity, jocoseness, jocosity, jocularity,… …

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  • 97joviality — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. joy, geniality, good humor; see happiness 1 , joy 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A state of joyful exuberance: blitheness, blithesomeness, gaiety, glee, gleefulness, hilarity, jocoseness, jocosity, jocularity, jocundity …

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  • 98merriment — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A merry feeling] Syn. joy, cheerfulness, gaiety; see happiness 1 , humor 3 . 2. [A merry occasion] Syn. fun, enjoyment, carousal, sport, frolic, festivity, good time, recreation, tomfoolery, buffoonery, mummery, merry… …

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  • 99blitheness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A state of joyful exuberance: blithesomeness, gaiety, glee, gleefulness, hilarity, jocoseness, jocosity, jocularity, jocundity, jolhness, jollity, joviality, lightheartedness, merriment, merriness, mirth, mirthfulness …

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  • 100blithesomeness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A state of joyful exuberance: blitheness, gaiety, glee, gleefulness, hilarity, jocoseness, jocosity, jocularity, jocundity, jolliness, jollity, joviality, lightheartedness, merriment, merriness, mirth, mirthfulness.… …

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