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merry
1[mer-ee]
adjective
full of cheerfulness or gaiety; joyous in disposition or spirit.
a merry little man.
Synonyms: , , , , ,Antonyms:laughingly happy; mirthful; festively joyous; hilarious.
a merry time at the party.
Synonyms: , ,Antonyms:Archaic.Ìýcausing happiness; pleasant; delightful.
Merry
2[mer-ee]
noun
a female given name.
merry
/ ˈ³¾É›°ùɪ /
adjective
cheerful; jolly
very funny; hilarious
informalÌýslightly drunk
archaicÌýdelightful
to revel; be festive
informalÌýto disturb greatly; disrupt
Pronunciation Note
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- merrily adverb
- merriness noun
- overmerrily adverb
- overmerriness noun
- overmerry adjective
- unmerrily adverb
- unmerry adjective
- ˈ³¾±ð°ù°ù¾±±ô²â adverb
- ˈ³¾±ð°ù°ù¾±²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of merry1
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of merry1
Idioms and Phrases
make merry,
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.
Example Sentences
The merry unions in “And Just Like That†are more grounded and secure, but also dull.
Milne apologised, but you could understand the agricultural language amid the merry bedlam.
"If you're selling tickets for a living, the more the merrier."
Meanwhile, Snow White’s signature costume is so brightly saturated that it’s blinding; it appears especially bizarre when she tromps around the woods with a hoodie-clad Jonathan and his troupe of merry Brooklyn bicycle messengers.
At Christmas, astronauts on the International Space Station posted a festive message in which they wished their friends and family on Earth a merry Christmas.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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