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- Dictionarymerry/ˈmɛri/
adjective
- 1. cheerful and lively: "the streets were dense with merry throngs of students" Similar Opposite
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The meaning of MERRY is full of gaiety or high spirits : mirthful. How to use merry in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Merry.
MERRY definition: 1. happy or showing enjoyment: 2. UK polite word for slightly drunk: 3. happy or showing…. Learn more.
To be merry is to be happy, jaunty, and ready to frolic. A group of people laughing as they walk down the street is a merry gang. Anything merry is festive, often involving games, celebrations, and parties.
If you describe someone's character or behaviour as merry, you mean that they are happy and cheerful. [old-fashioned] He was much loved for his merry nature. From the house come the bursts of merry laughter. Merry black eyes glinted at them. Synonyms: cheerful, happy, upbeat [informal], carefree More Synonyms of merry.
1. Full of cheerfulness, liveliness, and good feelings: merry revelers. 2. Marked by or offering fun, good feelings, and liveliness; festive: a merry evening. 3. Brisk: a merry pace. 4. Archaic Delightful or pleasing. [Middle English merri, from Old English mirige, pleasant; see mregh-u- in Indo-European roots.] mer′ri·ly adv. mer′ri·ness n.
Definition of merry adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
There are 16 meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective merry, 11 of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
full of cheerfulness or gaiety; joyous in disposition or spirit. a merry little man. 2. laughingly happy; mirthful; festively joyous; hilarious. a merry time at the party. 3. archaic. causing happiness; pleasant; delightful. 4. See make merry.
Synonyms for MERRY: jolly, festive, cheerful, lively, laughing, jovial, mirthful, joyful; Antonyms of MERRY: sad, unhappy, blue, sorrowful, melancholy, depressed, glum, disconsolate.
mer•ri•ly, adv. : merrily rejoicing. joyous in disposition or spirit: a merry little man. hilarious: a merry time at the party. delightful. Idioms to be happy or festive: The New Year's revelers were making merry in the ballroom. ridicule: The unthinking children made merry of the boy who had no shoes. mer′ri•ness, n.
