GAIETY

n. 1 cheerfulness, exhilaration, elation, glee, joie de vivre, buoyancy, light-heartedness, blitheness, happiness, felicity, pleasure, delight, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, exultation, merriment, mirth, mirthfulness, jubilation, good or high spirits, sprightliness, liveliness, joviality, jollity, hilarity The gaiety of the celebration was becoming infectious 2 Often, gaieties. merrymaking, festivity, festivities, celebration, revelry, revels, rejoicing, conviviality, Old-fashioned Brit mafficking We all joined in the gaiety of Mardi Gras 3 colourfulness, brightness, gaudiness, garishness, brilliance, brightness, cheeriness The gaiety of her costume was offset by her lugubrious expression