Merry

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Full of high-spirited gaiety; jolly.
  • adj. Marked by or offering fun and gaiety; festive: a merry evening.
  • adj. Archaic Delightful; entertaining.
  • adj. Brisk: a merry pace.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Jolly and full of high spirits
  • adj. Festive and full of fun and laughter
  • adj. Brisk
  • adj. happy or showing enjoyment
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Laughingly gay; overflowing with good humor and good spirits; jovial; inclined to laughter or play; sportive.
  • adj. Cheerful; joyous; not sad; happy.
  • adj. Causing laughter, mirth, gladness, or delight.
  • n. A kind of wild red cherry.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Exciting feelings of enjoyment and. gladness; causing cheerfulness or light-heartedness; pleasant; delightful; happy: as, the merry month of May; a merry spectacle.
  • Playfully cheerful or gay; enlivened with gladness or good spirits; mirthful in speech or action; frolicsome; hilarious; jubilant: as, a merry company.
  • Sportive and mirthful in quality or character; jocund; jovial; rollicking; funny: as, a merry heart; a merry song.
  • Brisk; lively; cheery.
  • Full of gibes: sneering; sarcastic.
  • To make merry or glad; please; gratify; delight.
  • Merrily; in a lively manner.
  • n. The wild cherry of England, Prunus avium.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. quick and energetic
  • adj. full of or showing high-spirited merriment
  • adj. offering fun and gaiety
  • Equivalent
    energetic    joyous   
    Antonym
    unhappy    miserable   
    Variant
    merriest    merrier   
    Form
    merrily    merriment    merrier   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    vivacious    blithe    sprightly    joyous    lively    jocund    gleeful    mirthful    hilarious    sportive   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Arie    Azeri    Barrie    Barry    Berri    Berry    Bury    Canary    Carey    Carrie   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    lively    joyous    jolly    brave    good-natured    noisy    witty    foolish