About The Word Merry
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What's The Definition Of Merry?
[adj] 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"
[adj] offering fun and gaiety; "a gala ball after the inauguration"; "a festive (or festal) occasion"; "gay and exciting night life"; "a merry evening" [adj] 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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Merry: brisk | energetic | festal | festive | gala(a) | gay | jocund | jolly | jovial | joyous | lively | mirthful | rattling | snappy | spanking | zippy Related Terms | Find terms related to Merry: addled | animated | beery | bemused | besotted | blind drunk | blithe | blithesome | boon | buoyant | buxom | carefree | carouse | celebrate | cheerful | cheery | convivial | crapulent | crapulous | delighted | dizzy | drenched | drunk | drunken | exhilarating | exuberant | far-gone | festal | festive | flustered | fou | frivolous | frolic | full | gala | gay | giddy | glad | gladsome | gleeful | glorious | happy | hilarious | in liquor | inebriate | inebriated | inebrious | intoxicated | jocular | jocund | jolly | jovial | joyful | joyous | jubilant | laughter-loving | lighthearted | light-hearted | lively | mad | make merry | maudlin | mellow | merrymaking | mirthful | mirth-loving | muddled | nappy | on the loose | reeling | rejoicing | revel | riant | risible | shikker | sodden | sotted | sprightly | tiddly | tipsy | unconstrained | under the influence | vivacious | wild See Also | Merry In Webster's Dictionary \Mer"ry\, a. [Compar. {Merrier}; superl. {Merriest}.] [OE.
merie, mirie, murie, merry, pleasant, AS. merge, myrige,
pleasant; cf. murge, adv.; prob. akin to OHG. murg, short,
Goth. gama['u]rgjan to shorten; cf. L. murcus a coward, who
cuts off his thumb to escape military service; the
Anglo-Saxon and English meanings coming from the idea of
making the time seem short. Cf. {Mirth}.]
1. Laughingly gay; overflowing with good humor and good
spirits; jovial; inclined to laughter or play; sportive.
They drank, and were merry with him. --Gen. xliii.
34.
I am never merry when I hear sweet music. --Shak.
2. Cheerful; joyous; not sad; happy.
Is any merry ? let him sing psalms. --Jas. v. 13.
3. Causing laughter, mirth, gladness, or delight; as, ? merry
jest. ``Merry wind and weather.'' --Spenser.
{Merry dancers}. See under {Dancer}.
{Merry men}, followers; retainers. [Obs.]
His merie men commanded he To make him bothe game
and glee. --Chaucer.
{To make merry}, to be jovial; to indulge in hilarity; to
feast with mirth. --Judg. ix. 27.
Syn: Cheerful; blithe; lively; sprightly; vivacious; gleeful;
joyous; mirthful; jocund; sportive; hilarious.
\Mer"ry\, n. (Bot.) A kind of wild red cherry. |
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