noun. A state of joyful exuberance or merriment; vivacity.

noun. Merry or joyful activity; festivity.

noun. Bright color or showiness, as of dress; finery.

noun. The state of being gay; cheerful animation; mirthfulness.

noun. Action or acts prompted by or inspiring merry delight; a pleasure: commonly in the plural: as, the gaieties of the season.

noun. Finery; showiness: as, gaiety of dress.

noun. Synonyms Life, Liveliness, etc. (see animation); cheerfulness. joyousness, blitheness. glee, jollity.

noun. Same as gayety.

noun. The state of being happy.

noun. a gay feeling

noun. a festive merry feeling

"On leave, many of your men gravitate towards the Piccadilly neighbourhood, where, despite the black-out, rationing and high prices, a certain spirituous gaiety is still achieved, but this is more likely to lower the bank account than to raise the view of the earnestness of our war-effort."

gayness  

levity  

amusement  animation  cheerfulness  enjoyment  frankness  

Technicolor  animal spirits  animation  beatification  beatitude  

gayety