Merryadjective
Jolly and full of high spirits.
‘We had a very merry Christmas.’;
Mirthnoun
The emotion usually following humour and accompanied by laughter; merriment; jollity; gaiety.
Merryadjective
Festive and full of fun and laughter.
‘Everyone was merry at the party.’;
Mirthnoun
That which causes merriment.
Merryadjective
Brisk
‘The play moved along at a merry pace.’;
Mirthnoun
Merriment; gayety accompanied with laughter; jollity.
‘Then will I cause to cease . . . from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth.’;
Merryadjective
Causing laughter, mirth, gladness, or delight.
‘a merry jest’;
Mirthnoun
That which causes merriment.
Merryadjective
(euphemistic) drunk; tipsy
‘Some of us got a little merry at the office Christmas party.’;
Mirthnoun
great merriment
Merrynoun
An English wild cherry.
Mirthnoun
amusement, especially as expressed in laughter
‘his six-foot frame shook with mirth’;
Merryadjective
Laughingly gay; overflowing with good humor and good spirits; jovial; inclined to laughter or play; sportive.
‘They drank, and were merry with him.’; ‘I am never merry when I hear sweet music.’;
Merryadjective
Cheerful; joyous; not sad; happy.
‘Is any merry? let him sing psalms.’;
Merryadjective
Causing laughter, mirth, gladness, or delight; as, a merry jest.
‘His merie men commanded heTo make him bothe game and glee.’;
Merrynoun
A kind of wild red cherry.
Merryadjective
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’; ‘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’;
Merryadjective
offering fun and gaiety;
‘a gala ball after the inauguration’; ‘a festive (or festal) occasion’; ‘gay and exciting night life’; ‘a merry evening’;
Merryadjective
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’;
