Gaiety
noun
The state of being happy and excited, often in a social setting.
Everyone was in a state of gaiety during the holiday party.
Often appears as...
- bubbling gaiety
- a moment of gaiety
Usage tips
Approving
noun
The state of being happy and excited, often in a social setting.
Everyone was in a state of gaiety during the holiday party.
Often appears as...
- bubbling gaiety
- a moment of gaiety
Usage tips
Approving
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Social Happiness
Use 'gaiety' to describe collective joy in group events like parties or festivals.
The gaiety at the carnival was contagious.
Pro Tip 2/3Vibrant Atmosphere
'Gaiety' often implies an environment filled with lively energy and colors.
The parade was full of gaiety, with music and dancers everywhere.
Pro Tip 3/3Celebratory Moments
Use it when referring to short, joyful instances, not prolonged periods of happiness.
A burst of gaiety erupted when she announced her engagement.
Pro Tip 1/3Social Happiness
Use 'gaiety' to describe collective joy in group events like parties or festivals.
The gaiety at the carnival was contagious.
Pro Tip 2/3Vibrant Atmosphere
'Gaiety' often implies an environment filled with lively energy and colors.
The parade was full of gaiety, with music and dancers everywhere.
Pro Tip 3/3Celebratory Moments
Use it when referring to short, joyful instances, not prolonged periods of happiness.
A burst of gaiety erupted when she announced her engagement.
Pro Tip 1/3Social Happiness
Use 'gaiety' to describe collective joy in group events like parties or festivals.
The gaiety at the carnival was contagious.
Pro Tip 2/3Vibrant Atmosphere
'Gaiety' often implies an environment filled with lively energy and colors.
The parade was full of gaiety, with music and dancers everywhere.
Pro Tip 3/3Celebratory Moments
Use it when referring to short, joyful instances, not prolonged periods of happiness.
A burst of gaiety erupted when she announced her engagement.
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Quote examples
Mohammad Hamid Ansari
Indian Politician
I extend my greetings and good wishes to all our citizens on the joyous occasion of Deepawali. The festival of lights, celebrated with gaiety and enthusiasm all over the country, signifies the victory of good over evil and is an appropriate occasion for us to resolve to follow the high ideals in life.
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William Godwin
English Writer
When we look on the roses and gaiety of youth, the mournful idea of mortality is altogether alien to our thoughts. We have heard of it as a speculation and a tale, but nothing but experience can bring it home to us.
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Ronnie Corbett
Scottish Comedian
I think people feel starved of nice, glamorous entertainment. They want to see costumes and gaiety and a singer; old-fashioned entertainment - it won't die easily.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish Writer
Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety and the quiet mind, spare to us our friends, soften to us our enemies.
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Plato
Greek Philosopher
Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.
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Edward Rutherfurd
British Writer
Paris. City of love. City of dreams. City of splendor. City of saints and scholars. City of gaiety. Sink of iniquity.
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Emilio Pucci
Italian Designer
Gaiety is one of the most important elements I brought to fashion. I brought it through color.
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Joseph Stalin
Georgian Leader
Gaiety is the most outstanding feature of the Soviet Union.
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Edwin Hubbel Chapin
American Clergyman
Gaiety is often the reckless ripple over depths of despair.
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Anatole France
French Novelist
Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom.
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Mohammad Hamid Ansari
Indian Politician
I extend my greetings and good wishes to all our citizens on the joyous occasion of Deepawali. The festival of lights, celebrated with gaiety and enthusiasm all over the country, signifies the victory of good over evil and is an appropriate occasion for us to resolve to follow the high ideals in life.
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William Godwin
English Writer
When we look on the roses and gaiety of youth, the mournful idea of mortality is altogether alien to our thoughts. We have heard of it as a speculation and a tale, but nothing but experience can bring it home to us.
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Ronnie Corbett
Scottish Comedian
I think people feel starved of nice, glamorous entertainment. They want to see costumes and gaiety and a singer; old-fashioned entertainment - it won't die easily.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish Writer
Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety and the quiet mind, spare to us our friends, soften to us our enemies.
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Plato
Greek Philosopher
Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.
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Edward Rutherfurd
British Writer
Paris. City of love. City of dreams. City of splendor. City of saints and scholars. City of gaiety. Sink of iniquity.
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Emilio Pucci
Italian Designer
Gaiety is one of the most important elements I brought to fashion. I brought it through color.
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Joseph Stalin
Georgian Leader
Gaiety is the most outstanding feature of the Soviet Union.
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Edwin Hubbel Chapin
American Clergyman
Gaiety is often the reckless ripple over depths of despair.
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Anatole France
French Novelist
Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom.
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