N. cheerfulness,
geniality,
gayety, l'allegro,
cheer, good humor, spirits, high spirits, animal spirits, flow of spirits,
glee, high glee, light heart, sunshine of the mind, sunshine of the breast, gaiete de coeur, bon naturel,
liveliness, life,
alacrity,
vivacity,
animation,
allegresse,
jocundity,
joviality,
jollity,
levity,
jocularity,
mirth,
merriment,
hilarity,
exhilaration,
laughter,
merrymaking,
heyday,
rejoicing, marriage bell,
nepenthe, euphrosyne, sweet forgetfulness,
optimism, self complacency, hedonics, hedonism
V. be cheerful, have the mind at ease,
smile, put a good face upon, keep up one's spirits, view the bright side of the picture, view things en couleur de rose, ridentem dicere virum, cheer up, brighten up, light up, bear up,
chirp, take heart, cast away care, drive dull care away, perk up, keep a stiff upper lip,
rejoice,
carol,
chirrup,
lilt,
frisk, rollick, give a loose to mirth,
cheer,
enliven,
elate,
exhilarate,
gladden, inspirit,
animate, raise the spirits,
inspire, perk up, put in good humor, cheer the heart, rejoice the heart, delight
Adj. cheerful, happy, cheery,
cheerly, of good cheer,
smiling,
blithe, in spirits, in good spirits,
breezy,
bully,
chipper, in high spirits, in high feather, happy as the day is long, happy as a king, gay as a lark,
allegro,
debonair, light,
lightsome, light hearted,
buoyant, debonnaire, bright, free and easy,
airy,
janty,
jaunty,
canty,
hedonic,
riant,
sprightly,
sprightful,
spry, spirited, spiritful, lively,
animated,
vivacious, brisk as a bee, sparklinly as a thrush, jolly as a sandboy,
blithesome,
gleeful,
gleesome,
hilarious,
rattling,
winsome,
bonny,
hearty,
buxom, playful,
playsome, folatre, playful as a kitten,
tricksy,
frisky,
frolicsome,
gamesome,
jocose,
jocular,
waggish, mirth loving, laughter-loving,
mirthful,
rollicking,
elate,
elated,
exulting,
jubilant,
flushed,
rejoicing, cock-a- hoop,
cheering, inspiriting,
exhilarating,
cardiac,
cardiacal, pleasing,
palmy Int. never say die, come, cheer up,
hurrah,
&c. 838, "hence loathed melancholy!" begone dull care, away with melancholy, phr, "a merry heart goes all the day", "as merry as the day is long", ride si sapis
N. beauty, the beautiful, τὸ καλόν, le beau ideal,
aesthetics, callaesthetics|,
pulchritude, form elegance, grace, beauty unadorned, natural beauty, symmetry,
comeliness, fairness, polish,
gloss, good effect, good looks, belle tournure,
trigness,
bloom,
brilliancy,
radiance,
splendor,
gorgeousness,
magnificence,
sublimity, sublimification|,
concinnity, delicacy, refinement, charm, je ne sais quoi, style, venus,
aphrodite,
hebe, the graces,
peri,
houri,
cupid, apollo,
hyperion,
adonis, antionous,
narcissus,
peacock,
butterfly, garden, flower of, pink of,
bijou,
jewel, work of art, flower, flow'ret gay, wildflower, rose,
lily,
anemone,
asphodel,
buttercup, crane's bill,
daffodil,
tulip, tiger lily,
day lily,
begonia,
marigold,
geranium, lily of the valley,
ranunculus,
rhododendron,
windflower,
pleasurableness,
beautifying, landscaping, landscape gardening, decoration, calisthenics|, beauty,
hunk V. be beautiful,
shine, beam,
bloom, become one, set off, grace, render beautiful,
beautify, polish,
burnish,
gild, set out, "snatch a grace beyond the reach of art"
Adj. beautiful,
beauteous, handsome,
gorgeous, pretty, lovely, graceful, elegant, prepossessing, attractive, delicate,
dainty, refined, fair, personable, comely, seemly,
bonny, good- looking,
well-favored, well-made, well-formed, well-proportioned, proper, shapely, symmetrical,
harmonious, sightly, fit to be seen, passable, not amiss, goodly,
dapper,
tight,
jimp,
gimp,
janty,
jaunty,
trig,
natty,
quaint,
trim,
tidy,
neat,
spruce,
smart,
tricksy, bright, bright eyed, rosy cheeked, cherry cheeked,
rosy,
ruddy,
blooming, in full bloom, brilliant,
shining,
beamy, beaming,
sparkling, splendid,
resplendent,
dazzling,
glowing,
glossy,
sleek, rich,
superb, magnificent, grand, fine,
sublime,
showy,
specious, artistic,
artistical,
aesthetic, picturesque,
pictorial, fait a peindre, well-composed, well grouped, well varied, curious,
enchanting, becoming, ornamental,
undeformed,
undefaced,
unspotted, spotless
Phr. auxilium non leve vultus habet, "beauty born of murmuring sound", "flowers preach to us if we will hear", gratior ac pulchro veniens in corpore virtus, "none but the brave deserve the fair", "thou who hast the fatal gift of beauty"
