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Definition of Express mirth
1. Verb. Produce laughter.
Specialized synonyms: Bray, Bellylaugh, Howl, Roar, Snicker, Snigger, Giggle, Titter, Break Up, Crack Up, Cackle, Guffaw, Laugh Loudly, Chortle, Chuckle, Laugh Softly, Convulse, Cachinnate
Generic synonyms: Express Emotion, Express Feelings
Antonyms: Cry
Derivative terms: Laugh, Laugh, Laugh, Laughable, Laugher
Also: Laugh At, Laugh Away, Laugh Off
Lexicographical Neighbors of Express Mirth
Literary usage of Express mirth
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Helenore: Or the Fortunate Shepherdess, a Pastoral Tale by Alexander Ross, Alexander Thomson (1812)
"... 1 pressing their grief; and instrumental music was never employed by them but
to express mirth and joy. It is certain however that they were very fond ..."
2. Essays on the Nature and Principles of Taste by Archibald Alison (1821)
"... the present system of sounds in the human voice were altogether changed; that
the tones which now express mirth, should then express melancholy, ..."
3. Essay on Beauty by Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey, Archibald Alison (1871)
"If we could suppose, that, by a miracle, the present system of sounds in the
human voice were altogether changed; that the tones which now express mirth, ..."
4. Bits of Talk about Home Matters by Helen Hunt Jackson (1873)
"... the smile is to express affectionate good-will ; the second, to express mirth.
Why do we not always smile whei^ever we meet the eye of a fellow-being ? ..."
5. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1835)
"... and was by no means intended to express mirth; the voice sounding as if he
had been choke-full of new bread, or as if the words had been sparked off ..."
6. Lives of the Lindsays: Or, A Memoir of the Houses of Crawford and Balcarres by Alexander Crawford Lindsay Crawford (1849)
"... the least tendency to this mode of expressing their grief; and instrumental
music was never employed by them but to express mirth and joy. ..."
7. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1836)
"Whether any animals express mirth or satisfaction by laughter is more doubtful,
to say nothing of the other causes of smiling, or laughter, ..."
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