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); They are good natured and jolly, and rarely get angry. — The Goblins'<br />

Christmas;<br />

• (jovial)- endowed with or characterized by a hearty, joyous humor or a<br />

spirit of good-fellowship, ( ; ; ); She was the most<br />

good-natured, jovial, and generous of women. — The History of Pendennis;<br />

• (joyous)- joyful; happy; jubilant, ( ; ); He knows that if<br />

men remain virtuous and thrifty, if these homes around him continue<br />

peaceful and joyous, his craft can not prosper. — Fifteen Years in Hell;<br />

• (gay)- having or showing a merry, lively mood;<br />

• of, indicating, or supporting homosexual interests or issues;<br />

• (festive)- pertaining to or suitable for a feast or festival, ( ;<br />

); Smoke trailed like a festive streamer from the cigarette my mother<br />

held between two fingers of her right hand. — Borrowed Finery, A Memoir;<br />

• (merry)- full of cheerfulness or gaiety; joyous in disposition or spirit,<br />

( ; ; ; ); A merry little man;<br />

• (mirthful)- joyous; gay; jolly, ( ); His laughter lacked much of<br />

being mirthful, and something of being just. — The Clarion;<br />

• (hilarity)- boisterous gaiety or merriment, ( ); Amid shouts<br />

of hilarity, the dice were thrown. — The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume<br />

08: 1563-64;<br />

• (agog)- highly excited by eagerness, curiosity, anticipation, etc, ( ;<br />

; ); That specially personal question which had been asked he<br />

did not answer at all But the House was still all agog, as was the crowded<br />

gallery. — Can You Forgive Her?;<br />

bliss = cloud nine = seventh heaven<br />

• (bliss)- supreme happiness; utter joy or contentment; The sense of<br />

possession alone was a source of bliss, and this book I already knew and<br />

loved. — The Promised Land;<br />

• (cloud nine)- a state of perfect happiness;<br />

• (seventh heaven)- (esp. in Islam and the cabala) the highest heaven, where<br />

God and the most exalted angels dwell;<br />

• a state of intense happiness; bliss;<br />

frisk = frolic (> frolicsome) = rollick = romp = gambol = skylark = cavort =<br />

disport<br />

• (frisk)- to dance, leap, skip, or gambol; frolic, (<br />

); How the squirrels run and chatter and frisk, and fly from branch to<br />

branch, with their bushy tails tossing in the warm wind! — Shadows of Shasta;<br />

• to search (a person) for concealed weapons, contraband goods, etc., by

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