Gay
[geɪ] or [ɡe]
Definition
(adj.) homosexual or arousing homosexual desires .
(adj.) given to social pleasures often including dissipation; 'led a gay Bohemian life'; 'a gay old rogue with an eye for the ladies' .
(adj.) offering fun and gaiety; 'a festive (or festal) occasion'; 'gay and exciting night life'; 'a merry evening' .
(adj.) full of or showing high-spirited merriment; 'when hearts were young and gay'; 'a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company'- Wordsworth; 'the jolly crowd at the reunion'; 'jolly old Saint Nick'; 'a jovial old gentleman'; 'have a merry Christmas'; 'peals of merry laughter'; 'a mirthful laugh' .
Editor: Shelton--From WordNet
Definition
(superl.) Excited with merriment; manifesting sportiveness or delight; inspiring delight; livery; merry.
(superl.) Brilliant in colors; splendid; fine; richly dressed.
(superl.) Loose; dissipated; lewd.
(n.) An ornament
Inputed by Jane
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Showy, gaudy, flashy, finical, tawdry, flaunting, gairish, dashing.[2]. Merry, lively, cheerful, gleeful, jovial, sprightly, blithe, blithesome, airy, sportive, frolicsome, gladsome, jolly, buxom, vivacious, hilarious, light-hearted.
Checker: Salvatore
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Merry, blithe, lively, jolly, sportive, sprightly, smart, festive, gladsome,pleasuresome, cheerful
ANT:Heavy, melancholy, grave, sad, sombre, dull, dowdy
Typist: Owen
Definition
adj. lively: bright: sportive merry: wanton dissipated of loose life: showy: (prov.) spotted.—adv. (Scot.) fairly considerably.—ns. Gai′ety Gay′ety Gay′ness.—advs. Gai′ly Gay′ly; Gay′some gladsome.—Gay science a rendering of gai saber the Provené°l name for the art of poetry.
Checker: Pamela
Examples
- Gay-Lussac found that two volumes of h ydrogen combined with one volume of oxygen to produce two volumes of water vapor. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- At supper, we were hardly so gay. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Raymond, while he knew that his plans and prospects were to be discussed and decided during the expected debate, was gay and careless. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- There was a public holiday; the streets were decorated by gay banners and made glad with music. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I am as gay as a lark. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Mr. Rivers, I have been _so_ gay during my stay at S-. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- A gay laugh from the court rang through the silken curtains of the verandah. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- In London,--going through the old round; dining with the old Harley Street set, or with gayer young friends of his own. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Though why you shouldn't, no mortal knows, he said, in a gayer tone; and, getting up, he began to walk the floor. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- He is used to much gayer places than Mansfield. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Ah--I hope the house will be gayer, now that Ellen's here! Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Olenski's a finished scoundrel; but life with him must have been a good deal gayer than it is in Fifth Avenue. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- And the lark was never gayer than that excellent woman. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- They threatened to whip me, if I wasn't gayer, and didn't take some pains to make myself agreeable. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Beth played her gayest march, Amy threw open the door, and Meg enacted escort with great dignity. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- We made quite a gay procession of it, and my child-wife was the gayest there. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- And yet, when I was at my father's, did not the men give up their gayest balls and parties in order to pass the evening with me? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- In the autumn evenings (when Rebecca was flaunting at Paris, the gayest among the gay conquerors there, and our Amelia, our dear wounded Amelia, ah! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Meanwhile, she was the gayest and most admired of Englishwomen: and had a little European congress on her reception-night. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- These Doctors' Commons fellows are the gayest men in town, I believe, and beat us sober Oxford people all to nothing! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
Typist: Mason