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