Word Meanings - BLITHESOME - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Cheery; gay; merry. The blithesome sounds of wassail gay. Sir W. Scott. -- Blithe"some*ly, adv. -- Blithe"some*ness, n.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of BLITHESOME)
- Blithe
- Light
- merry
- joyous
- happy
- bright
- elastic
- gladsome
- bonny
- vivacious
- lively
- cheerful
- blithesome
- gay
- Glad
- Happy
- pleased
- gratified
- gleeful
- delighted
- elated
- joyful
- Lucky
- fortunate
- felicitous
- successful
- prosperous
- glad
- blissful
- Jocund
- Merry
- jovial
- careless
- mirthful
- hilarious
- sprightly
- sportive
Related words: (words related to BLITHESOME)
- LIVELY
1. Endowed with or manifesting life; living. Chaplets of gold and silver resembling lively flowers and leaves. Holland. 2. Brisk; vivacious; active; as, a lively youth. But wherefore comes old Manoa in such haste, With youthful steps Much livelier - JOVIALITY
The quality or state of being jovial. Sir T. Herbert. - BRIGHT
See I - LIGHT
licht, OHG. lioht, Goth. liuhap, Icel. lj, L. lux light, lucere to 1. That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous. Note: Light was regarded formerly - DELIGHTING
Giving delight; gladdening. -- De*light"ing*ly, adv. Jer. Taylor. - BLITHE
Gay; merry; sprightly; joyous; glad; cheerful; as, a blithe spirit. The blithe sounds of festal music. Prescott. A daughter fair, So buxom, blithe, and debonair. Milton. (more info) Icel. bli mild, gentle, Dan. & Sw. blid gentle, D. blijd blithe, - ELATION
A lifting up by success; exaltation; inriation with pride of prosperity. "Felt the elation of triumph." Sir W. Scott. - LUCKY PROACH
See FATHERLASHER - CARELESSLY
In a careless manner. - DELIGHTLESS
Void of delight. Thomson. - JOVIALTY
Joviality. Barrow. - SPRIGHTLY
Sprightlike, or spiritlike; lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay; as, a sprightly youth; a sprightly air; a sprightly dance. "Sprightly wit and love inspires." Dryden. The sprightly Sylvia trips along the green. Pope. - LIGHTSOME
1. Having light; lighted; not dark or gloomy; bright. White walls make rooms more lightsome than black. Bacon. 2. Gay; airy; cheering; exhilarating. That lightsome affection of joy. Hooker. -- Light"some*ly, adv. -- Light"some*ness, n. Happiness - MERRY-ANDREW
One whose business is to make sport for others; a buffoon; a zany; especially, one who attends a mountebank or quack doctor. Note: This term is said to have originated from one Andrew Borde, an English physician of the 16th century, who - LIGHTNESS
The state, condition, or quality, of being light or not heavy; buoyancy; levity; fickleness; delicacy; grace. Syn. -- Levity; volatility; instability; inconstancy; unsteadiness; giddiness; flightiness; airiness; gayety; liveliness; agility; - LIGHT-ARMED
Armed with light weapons or accouterments. - LIGHTERAGE
1. The price paid for conveyance of goods on a lighter. 2. The act of unloading into a lighter, or of conveying by a lighter. - LIGHT-O'-LOVE
1. An old tune of a dance, the name of which made it a proverbial expression of levity, especially in love matters. Nares. "Best sing it to the tune of light-o'-love." Shak. 2. Hence: A light or wanton woman. Beau. & Fl. - JOVIALIST
One who lives a jovial life. Bp. Hall. - LIGHT-FOOT; LIGHT-FOOTED
Having a light, springy step; nimble in running or dancing; active; as, light-foot Iris. Tennyson. - PRELATIST
One who supports of advocates prelacy, or the government of the church by prelates; hence, a high-churchman. Hume. I am an Episcopalian, but not a prelatist. T. Scott. - SLIGHTNESS
The quality or state of being slight; slenderness; feebleness; superficiality; also, formerly, negligence; indifference; disregard. - MANDELATE
A salt of mandelic acid. - GELATIFICATION
The formation of gelatin. - RELATIONSHIP
The state of being related by kindred, affinity, or other alliance. Mason. - DRUMMOND LIGHT
A very intense light, produced by turning two streams of gas, one oxygen and the other hydrogen, or coal gas, in a state of ignition, upon a ball of lime; or a stream of oxygen gas through a flame of alcohol upon a ball or disk of lime; -- called - PRELATISM
Prelacy; episcopacy. - CRENELATION
The act of crenelating, or the state of being crenelated; an indentation or an embrasure. - PRELATIZE
To bring under the influence of prelacy. Palfrey. - MISRELATION
Erroneous relation or narration. Abp. Bramhall. - ANHELATION
Short and rapid breathing; a panting; asthma. Glanvill.