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Antonyms for light-heartedness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : lahyt-hahr-tid
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlaɪtˈhɑr tɪd



Definition of light-heartedness

  • As in cheerfulness : noun happiness
Example sentences :
  • "Certainly," he replied, with an attempt at light-heartedness.
  • Extract from : « Jolly Sally Pendleton » by Laura Jean Libbey
  • She was demure with light-heartedness and he 222 looked at her approvingly.
  • Extract from : « Whispering Smith » by Frank H. Spearman
  • With the light-heartedness of youth, Tess reached the Longman cabin.
  • Extract from : « Tess of the Storm Country » by Grace Miller White
  • A sudden transition from gaiety and light-heartedness to sorrow.
  • Extract from : « Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Literature » by Ontario Ministry of Education
  • Indeed, the light-heartedness of these poor people was a revelation to Helen.
  • Extract from : « The Girl from Sunset Ranch » by Amy Bell Marlowe
  • An end must come to everything, and to her light-heartedness an end had come very soon.
  • Extract from : « April's Lady » by Margaret Wolfe Hungerford
  • He carried an aroma of fun and light-heartedness about him that was simply contagious.
  • Extract from : « She and I, Volume 1 » by John Conroy Hutcheson
  • There is a light-heartedness about his letters like that of the old Eton times.
  • Extract from : « Life of John Coleridge Patteson » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • It was not in the light-heartedness, or blind recklessness, of nature that he spoke to her.
  • Extract from : « Life and Times of David » by Charles Henry Mackintosh
  • Every day I am more and more struck with the light-heartedness and gaiety of the animals.
  • Extract from : « From sketch-book and diary » by Elizabeth Butler

Synonyms for light-heartedness

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