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mirthless |
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Translations mirthless [ˈmɜːθlɪs] adj (smile, laugh) → mesto/a mirthless [ˈmɜːθlɪs] adj (smile, laugh) → mesto/a 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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But their gaiety seemed to Prince Andrew mirthless and tiresome. The man to win her is he who calls loudly for his drink, without a "Please" or a "Thank you," throws his hat at the back of his head, gulps down half his glass, and, while drawing breath for the other half, takes a hard, indifferent look at her, and in an off-hand voice throws her some fatuous, mirthless jest. There was a hint in it of laughter, but of a laughter more terrible than any sadness--a laughter that was mirthless as the smile of the sphinx, a laughter cold as the frost and partaking of the grimness of infallibility. |
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