BLITHENESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A feeling of spontaneous good spirits

Example:

his cheerfulness made everyone feel better

Synonyms:

blitheness; cheerfulness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("blitheness" is a kind of...):

happiness (emotions experienced when in a state of well-being)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "blitheness"):

buoyancy; perkiness (cheerfulness that bubbles to the surface)

carefreeness; insouciance; lightheartedness; lightsomeness (the cheerful feeling you have when nothing is troubling you)

Derivation:

cheerful (pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic)