merry
/'meri/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Full of cheerfulness and lively enjoyment: Characterized by, expressing, or causing happiness, fun, and lighthearted pleasure.
- Slightly intoxicated; pleasantly tipsy: (Archaic or informal) Describing a mild state of exhilaration from alcohol.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- The children's merry laughter filled the room.
- We had a merry time at the holiday party.
- (Archaic) After a few drinks, he was feeling quite merry.
Advanced Usage
- "to make merry": To celebrate joyfully; to have a fun, festive time, often involving eating, drinking, and laughter.
- The villagers gathered to make merry at the annual harvest festival.
Variants and Related Words
- Merrily (adverb): In a cheerful and lively way.
- The bells rang out merrily.
- Merriments (noun, plural): Fun and enjoyment, as expressed through laughter and activity.
- The sounds of merriment came from the wedding tent.
Synonyms
- Jolly: Full of good humor and cheer.
- Jovial: Cheerful and friendly.
- Mirthful: Full of mirth (amusement, especially as expressed in laughter).
- Festive: Having or producing happy and enjoyable feelings typical of a special event or celebration.
Related Phrases and Idioms
- Merry Christmas: A traditional greeting expressing good wishes for happiness and fun during the Christmas season.
- They wished all their neighbors a Merry Christmas.
- The more the merrier: An idiom meaning the more people who join an activity, the more enjoyable it will be.
- "Can my friend come too?" "Of course! The more the merrier!"
Adjective
- quick and energetic
- a brisk walk in the park
- a lively gait
- a merry chase
- traveling at a rattling rate
- a snappy pace
- a spanking breeze
- offering fun and gaiety
- a festive (or festal) occasion
- gay and exciting night life
- a merry evening
- 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