merry (Meaning)
merry (s)
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
offering fun and gaiety
quick and energetic
merry (superl.)
Laughingly gay; overflowing with good humor and good spirits; jovial; inclined to laughter or play ; sportive.
Cheerful; joyous; not sad; happy.
Causing laughter, mirth, gladness, or delight; as, / merry jest.
merry (n.)
A kind of wild red cherry.
Synonyms & Antonyms of merry
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- abject
- despondent
- melancholy
- crestfallen
- disconsolate
- forlorn
- downcast
- glum
- depressed
- depressed
- weeping
- anguished
- saddened
- sorrowful
- crestfallen
- forlorn
- crying
- heartbroken
- crying
- sad
- melancholy
- sorrowful
- wailing
- saddened
- heartbroken
- dispirited
- blue
- unhappy
- aggrieved
- dejected
- weeping
- discontented
- aggrieved
- downcast
- brokenhearted
- dispirited
- brokenhearted
- glum
- sad
- anguished
- abject
- discontented
- dejected
- unhappy
- despondent
- blue
- disconsolate
- wailing
Synonyms:
- bright
- blithesome
- jovial
- smiling
- gleeful
- jocund
- playful
- laughing
- mirthful
- happy
- lively
- jocose
- humorous
- jocular
- amusing
- blithe
- joyful
- witty
- funny
- amused
- sunny
Antonyms:
- dreary
- morose
- heavyhearted
- moody
- sombre
- miserable
- sombre
- heavyhearted
- disgruntled
- depressing
- doleful
- lugubrious
- cheerless
- moody
- morose
- disgruntled
- dark
- wretched
- desolate
- saturnine
- disheartened
- miserable
- grey
- dismal
- disheartened
- sobbing
- mournful
- bleak
- dark
- comfortless
- plaintive
- downhearted
- sobbing
- gloomy
- low-spirited
- gray
- saturnine
- sorry
- somber
- grey
- dolorous
- heartsick
- mournful
- desolate
- sullen
- dreary
- plaintive
- cheerless
- woeful
- black
- joyless
- woeful
- gloomy
- lugubrious
- sullen
- sorry
- groaning
- black
- groaning
- lachrymose
- low-spirited
- comfortless
- lachrymose
- moaning
- somber
- dismal
- depressing
- bleak
- dolorous
- gray
- moaning
- wretched
- downhearted
- heartsick
- doleful
- joyless
Synonyms:
- overjoyed
- high
- spirited
- flippant
- chuckling
- cavalier
- exhilarated
- lightsome
- uproarious
- sanguine
- upbeat
- vivacious
- jaunty
- jesting
- gladsome
- euphoric
- exuberant
- peppy
- sportive
- bouncing
- lighthearted
- joking
- zippy
- frolicsome
- animated
- radiant
- comic
- carefree
- jubilant
- joyous
- blissful
- cheery
- ecstatic
- unconcerned
- beaming
- riotous
- easygoing
- perky
- enraptured
- optimistic
- rapturous
- hopeful
- facetious
- blest
- comical
- frisky
- chipper
- hilarious
- blessed
- sprightly
- thrilled
- giggling
- buoyant
- rosy
- exultant
- elated
- insouciant
- gay
- delighted
Antonyms:
merry Sentence Examples
- The children were merry as they skipped through the daisy-strewn meadow.
- The partygoers reveled in the merry atmosphere, dancing and laughing with abandon.
- The tinkling of bells filled the air, creating a merry ambiance that lifted spirits.
- The festive season brought merriment to the town, with colorful decorations and cheerful music.
- The lively band played merry tunes that made the crowd sway and sing along.
- The toddler's merry laughter echoed through the house, filling it with joy and happiness.
- The birds sang merry melodies that greeted the rising sun.
- The merry-go-round spun gracefully, carrying children on a whirlwind of laughter and excitement.
- The pranksters devised a merry plan to amuse their friends.
- The merry widow danced with a twinkle in her eye, despite her recent loss.
FAQs About the word merry
full of or showing high-spirited merriment, offering fun and gaiety, quick and energeticLaughingly gay; overflowing with good humor and good spirits; jovial; in
cheerful, festive,jolly, bright, blithesome, jovial, smiling, gleeful, jocund, playful
abject, despondent, melancholy, crestfallen, disconsolate, forlorn, downcast, glum, depressed, depressed
The children were merry as they skipped through the daisy-strewn meadow.
The partygoers reveled in the merry atmosphere, dancing and laughing with abandon.
The tinkling of bells filled the air, creating a merry ambiance that lifted spirits.
The festive season brought merriment to the town, with colorful decorations and cheerful music.
