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Meaning of BLITHESOME

Pronunciation:  'blIdhsum

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  carefree and happy and lighthearted; "was loved for her blithe spirit"; "a merry blithesome nature"; "her lighthearted nature"; "trilling songs with a lightsome heart"
 
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 Synonyms: blithe, cheerful, lighthearted, lightsome
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Blithe"some\ (-s[u^]m), a.
Cheery; gay; merry.
      The blithesome sounds of wassail gay.    --Sir W.
                                               Scott.
-- {Blithe"some*ly}, adv. -- {Blithe"some*ness}, n.
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: beaming, blithe, boon, bright, bright and sunny, cheerful, cheery, elated, eupeptic, euphoric, exalted, exhilarated, festive, flushed, gay, genial, glad, gladsome, gleeful, glowing, happy, high, hopeful, in good spirits, in high spirits, irrepressible, jocund, jolly, jovial, laughing, lighthearted, of good cheer, optimistic, pleasant, radiant, riant, rosy, sanguine, sanguineous, smiling, sparkling, sunny, winsome
 

 

 

 

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