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- Dictionaryblithesome/ˈblʌɪðs(ə)m/
adjective
- 1. (of a person) having a cheerful disposition: archaic "the ploughman is a blithesome lad"
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adjective. literary uk / ˈblaɪð.səm / us / ˈblaɪð.səm / Add to word list. happy and without care or worry: What we are seeking is a middle way between blithesome optimism and dark despair. His painting entitled Allegory of Spring is a blithesome pageant of pretty flowers and beautiful, smiling, dancing nymphs. Synonym. blithe. Fewer examples.
adjective. literary us / ˈblaɪð.səm / uk / ˈblaɪð.səm / Add to word list. happy and without care or worry: What we are seeking is a middle way between blithesome optimism and dark despair. His painting entitled Allegory of Spring is a blithesome pageant of pretty flowers and beautiful, smiling, dancing nymphs. Synonym. blithe. Fewer examples.
Synonyms for BLITHESOME: cheerful, bright, optimistic, sunny, blithe, cheery, buoyant, smiling; Antonyms of BLITHESOME: gloomy, sullen, morose, glum, sulky, dour, saturnine, sad.
adjective. blithe· some ˈblīth-səm. ˈblīt͟h- Synonyms of blithesome. : gay, merry. blithesomely adverb. Did you know? Blithe had been bounding about in the language for six centuries before English speakers attached a -some to its tail to make blithesome. Poet Robert Greene appears to have been among the first to employ the extension.
To be blithesome is to be happy and without a care in the world. If you are feeling blithesome, you might want to skip or at least kick your heels up in the air. When you're blissfully happy and don't have a single worry, you're blithesome.
noun. blithesome in American English. (ˈblaiðsəm, ˈblaiθ-) adjective. lighthearted; merry; cheerful. a blithesome nature. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019 by Penguin Random House LLC and HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. Derived forms. blithesomely. adverb. blithesomeness. noun. Word origin.
Blithesome definition: lighthearted; merry; cheerful. See examples of BLITHESOME used in a sentence.
blithesome. adjective. These are words and phrases related to blithesome. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of blithesome. JUBILANT. Synonyms. blithe. buoyant. rhapsodic. enrapt. charmed. captivated. intoxicated. jubilant. joyful. overjoyed. ecstatic. flushed with excitement or pleasure.
Define blithesome. blithesome synonyms, blithesome pronunciation, blithesome translation, English dictionary definition of blithesome. adj. Cheerful; merry. blithe′some·ly adv. blithe′some·ness n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
Blithesome definition: Cheerful; merry.
