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:
- disconsolate
- glum
- crestfallen
- dejected
- downcast
- abject
- depressed
- discontented
- depressed
- aggrieved
- brokenhearted
- saddened
- disconsolate
- melancholy
- heartbroken
- forlorn
- wailing
- saddened
- sorrowful
- weeping
- anguished
- sad
- wailing
- melancholy
- glum
- dispirited
- forlorn
- heartbroken
- brokenhearted
- blue
- weeping
- dispirited
- aggrieved
- discontented
- crestfallen
- anguished
- downcast
- unhappy
- crying
- dejected
- despondent
- sorrowful
- unhappy
- sad
- despondent
- blue
- abject
- crying
Synonyms:
- witty
- playful
- amusing
- jovial
- blithesome
- funny
- lively
- mirthful
- bright
- joyful
- sunny
- humorous
- jocular
- jocose
- jocund
- blithe
- gleeful
- amused
- laughing
- smiling
- happy
Antonyms:
- dismal
- desolate
- lugubrious
- cheerless
- woeful
- depressing
- joyless
- doleful
- sullen
- desolate
- disgruntled
- sorry
- grey
- gloomy
- gloomy
- grey
- moaning
- dolorous
- downhearted
- mournful
- disheartened
- wretched
- sullen
- doleful
- plaintive
- plaintive
- lachrymose
- comfortless
- somber
- depressing
- heavyhearted
- miserable
- disheartened
- mournful
- gray
- sombre
- dreary
- moody
- black
- sombre
- groaning
- dismal
- sobbing
- bleak
- low-spirited
- woeful
- morose
- saturnine
- heavyhearted
- dark
- wretched
- disgruntled
- dolorous
- saturnine
- miserable
- dreary
- moaning
- bleak
- low-spirited
- lachrymose
- moody
- sobbing
- comfortless
- somber
- black
- downhearted
- heartsick
- joyless
- morose
- heartsick
- dark
- cheerless
- sorry
- groaning
- lugubrious
- gray
Synonyms:
- cheery
- lightsome
- animated
- gladsome
- exhilarated
- hilarious
- carefree
- exuberant
- rosy
- giggling
- easygoing
- uproarious
- ecstatic
- radiant
- gay
- cavalier
- blissful
- comic
- vivacious
- facetious
- delighted
- insouciant
- jesting
- joking
- hopeful
- riotous
- perky
- chuckling
- blessed
- flippant
- upbeat
- peppy
- lighthearted
- sprightly
- elated
- comical
- optimistic
- frisky
- jaunty
- spirited
- jubilant
- thrilled
- unconcerned
- beaming
- exultant
- zippy
- buoyant
- euphoric
- enraptured
- high
- chipper
- rapturous
- sportive
- blest
- frolicsome
- joyous
- sanguine
- overjoyed
- bouncing
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, witty, playful, amusing, jovial, blithesome, funny,lively
disconsolate, glum, crestfallen, dejected, downcast, abject, depressed, discontented, depressed, aggrieved
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.
