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light-hearted adj
cheerful or carefree in mood or disposition light-heartedly adv light-heartedness n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
light-hearted adjective carefree, happy, bright, glad, sunny, cheerful, jolly, merry, upbeat (informal), playful, joyous, joyful, genial, chirpy (informal), jovial, untroubled, gleeful, happy-go-lucky, gay, effervescent, blithe, insouciant, frolicsome, ludic (literary), jocund, blithesome (literary) They were light-hearted and prepared to enjoy life. low, sad, depressed, gloomy, melancholy, dejected, despondent, morose, heavy-hearted, cheerless Translations light-hearted [ˈlaɪtˈhɑːtɪd] ADJ → desenfadado, alegre; [remark] → poco serio, dicho en tono festivo How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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It must seem monstrously cruel of me, but I was now quite light-hearted again. Hosts loved to detain the dry lawyer, when the light-hearted and loose-tongued had already their foot on the threshold; they liked to sit a while in his unobtrusive company, practising for solitude, sobering their minds in the man's rich silence after the expense and strain of gaiety. As Spring, Mother of many-coloured birth, doth rear The young light-hearted world, so Autumn drains The nectar of the world's maturity. |
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