merry

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/ˈmɛ.ɹi/

adj 5name 4noun 1

Collocations

ADJ.

'silly, all, eldest, fellow, fond, scared, telling, younger

The silly merry band of friends laughed and danced all night at the party.

VERB + MERRY

am, call, got, heard, hearing, laughed, let's, making

I got merry at the Christmas party and danced until midnight.

MERRY + NOUN

', christmas, folks, heare, lots, song, songs, yard

We all sang merry songs together around the campfire last night.

PREP.

in, in

The children were laughing and playing merrily in the garden all afternoon.

ADV.

such

We had such a merry time at the Christmas party last night.

Definitions

adj

Jolly and full of high spirits; happy.

We had a very merry Christmas.

I am neuer merry when I heare ſweet muſique.

Festive and full of fun and laughter.

Everyone was merry at the party.

If I have the chance, I will make our worshipful Sheriff pay right well for that which he hath done to me. Maybe I may bring him some time into Sherwood Forest and have him to a right merry feast with us.

Brisk

The play moved along at a merry pace.

The car moved at a merry clip.

Causing laughter, mirth, gladness, or delight.

a merry jest

There eke my feeble barke a while may ſtay, / Till mery wynd and weather call her thence away.

drunk; tipsy

Some of us got a little merry at the office Christmas party.

noun

An English wild cherry.

name

A surname transferred from the nickname. Originally a nickname for a merry person.

A female given name from merry.

A diminutive of the female given name Mercy.

'Is he handsome, Pa?' inquired the younger daughter. 'Silly Merry!' said the eldest: Merry being fond for Mercy. 'What is the premium, Pa? tell us that.'

It was on account of she had such a happy temperament I persuaded Mr. van der Most to let me call her Merry. Lots of folks, when they first meet her, they think she's called Mary - Maria, as you would say it, Signor Lumaca - but no, her name is really Merry, M-E-double-R-Y, because, I always tell them, she is.

A diminutive of the male given name Meredith.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — quick and energetic

adjective — offering fun and gaiety

gay
festal
festive

adjective — full of or showing high-spirited merriment

gay
jocund
jolly
jovial
mirthful

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

merry Christmas

Used to express good wishes on or before Christmas Day.

Merry Christmas, Jack. / Same to you. And a happy New Year.

Merry Andrew

A person who clowns publicly; a buffoon; an entertainer's assistant.

Instead, therefore, of answering my landlady, the puppet-show man ran out to punish his Merry-Andrew [...]

merry dance

A useless waste of time resulting from a deception.

The children led us on a merry dance with their stories of strangers and shadows in the night.

eat, drink and be merry

Enjoy yourself; forget your cares; do not worry.

And if you do not put the motto "Eat, drink, and be merry," above your dining-room door, fix it in your mind, and put it into practice. Laugh, talk, and crack jokes at the table, a

go on one's merry way

To depart.

Example Bank

We had a very merry Christmas.

Wiktionary

I am neuer merry when I heare ſweet muſique.

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I felt comforted by the song of the redbreast, and I thought I felt less lonely and deserted as long as I heard the merry notes of the thrush.

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'Is he handsome, Pa?' inquired the younger daughter. 'Silly Merry!' said the eldest: Merry being fond for Mercy. 'What is the premium, Pa? tell us that.'

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Merry Christmas!

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, merry is marked as euphemistic. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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