merry
full of cheerfulness or gaiety; joyous in disposition or spirit: a merry little man.
laughingly happy; mirthful; festively joyous; hilarious: a merry time at the party.
Archaic. causing happiness; pleasant; delightful.
Idioms about merry
make merry, Older Use.
to be happy or festive: The New Year's revelers were making merry in the ballroom.
to make fun of; ridicule: The unthinking children made merry of the boy who had no shoes.
Origin of merry
1pronunciation note For merry
Other words for merry
Opposites for merry
Other words from merry
- mer·ri·ly, adverb
- mer·ri·ness, noun
- o·ver·mer·ri·ly, adverb
- o·ver·mer·ri·ness, noun
- o·ver·mer·ry, adjective
- un·mer·ri·ly, adverb
- un·mer·ry, adjective
Other definitions for Merry (2 of 2)
a female given name.
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How to use merry in a sentence
Jim's smile flashed and Penelope wondered what she liked best about it, his white teeth, his merriness or his wistfulness.
Still Jim | Honor Willsie MorrowIf we interlace merriness with earnest matters, pardon us, good reader.
Ingigerd portrayed this with inimitable grace, innocence and merriness.
Atlantis | Gerhart HauptmannHe, besides, possessed all that merriness and jocularity which I have often observed among a number of the males of his race.
A History of the Gipsies | Walter SimsonLaura contributed whatever of merriness there was to the home-coming feast.
The Eddy | Clarence L. Cullen
British Dictionary definitions for merry
/ (ˈmɛrɪ) /
cheerful; jolly
very funny; hilarious
British informal slightly drunk
archaic delightful
make merry to revel; be festive
play merry hell with informal to disturb greatly; disrupt
Origin of merry
1Derived forms of merry
- merrily, adverb
- merriness, noun
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