n. 25B6; noun
I was struck by her gaiety : CHEERFULNESS, light-heartedness, happiness, merriment, glee, gladness, joy, joie de vivre, joyfulness, joyousness, delight, high spirits, good spirits, good humour, cheeriness, jollity, mirth, joviality, exuberance, elation; liveliness, vivacity, animation, effervescence, sprightliness, zest, zestfulness; informal chirpiness, bounce, pep; poetic/literary blitheness.
the hotel restaurant was a scene of gaiety : MERRYMAKING, festivity, fun, fun and games, frolics, revelry, jollification, celebration, pleasure; informal partying.
misery.