Gayness
Gayness noun - A mood characterized by high spirits and amusement and often accompanied by laughter.
Usage example: the melancholy-tinged gayness of college-bound friends on their last fling together before going their separate ways
Merriness
Merriness noun - A mood characterized by high spirits and amusement and often accompanied by laughter.
Usage example: I hate the forced merriness of so many New Year's Eve parties
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- vivacity and gayness
- vivacity and merriness
- liveliness and gayness
- liveliness and merriness
- animation and gayness
- animation and merriness
- effervescence and gayness
- effervescence and merriness
- cheerfulness and gayness
- cheerfulness and merriness
- exuberance and gayness
- exuberance and merriness
- cheer and gayness
- cheer and merriness
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Merriness and Gayness. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/gayness/merriness
Gayness & Merriness. N.p., 2016. Web. 01 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/gayness/merriness>.
Merriness or Gayness. 2016. Accessed August 01, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/gayness/merriness.
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