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adjective
- 1. cheerful and lively: "the streets were dense with merry throngs of students" Similar Opposite
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MERRY definition: 1. happy or showing enjoyment: 2. UK polite word for slightly drunk: 3. happy or showing…. Learn more.
The meaning of MERRY is full of gaiety or high spirits : mirthful. How to use merry in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Merry.
To be merry is to be happy, especially in a fun, festive way. Parties and celebrations are merry, and so are the fun people who attend them. This old fashioned word for “happy” is popular in December when people say, “Merry Christmas.”
Definition of merry adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Merry definition: full of cheerfulness or gaiety; joyous in disposition or spirit. See examples of MERRY used in a sentence.
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.
Pleasant or amusing. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Festive and full of fun and laughter. Everyone was merry at the party. Wiktionary. More Adjective Definitions (2) Synonyms: festal. festive. gay. mirthful.
adjective. uk / ˈmeri / us. Add to word list Add to word list. showing enjoyment and happiness: a merry laugh. Merry Christmas! merrily. adverb. (Definition of merry from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of merry. in Chinese (Traditional) 快樂的, 愉快的，快樂的，興高采烈的, 喝醉的… See more. in Chinese (Simplified)
If you describe someone's character or behavior as merry, you mean that they are happy and cheerful. [old-fashioned] [...] 2. See Merry Christmas [...] More. Synonyms of 'merry' • cheerful, happy, upbeat (informal) [...] • tipsy, happy, elevated (informal) [...] • comical, funny, comic [...] More.
