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adjective
- 1. cheerful and lively: "the narrow streets were dense with merry throngs of students" Similar Opposite
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Learn the meaning, synonyms, examples, and history of the adjective merry, which means full of gaiety or high spirits. Find out how to use merry in phrases, sentences, and related words.
Merry means happy or showing enjoyment, or slightly drunk in UK. Learn how to use it in idioms, phrases and sentences with examples and translations.
To be merry is to be happy, especially in a fun, festive way. Parties and celebrations are merry, and so are the fun people who attend them. This old fashioned word for “happy” is popular in December when people say, “Merry Christmas.”
Merry definition: full of cheerfulness or gaiety; joyous in disposition or spirit. See examples of MERRY used in a sentence.
Learn the adjective, pronoun, and idiom forms of merry, as well as its synonyms, antonyms, and origin. Merry means full of fun and laughter, festive, or brisk.
Merry means cheerful, jolly, or festive. Find out the origin, usage, and translations of merry, as well as related words and expressions.
(British English, informal) to cause somebody a lot of trouble or worry. make merry. (old-fashioned) to enjoy yourself by singing, laughing, drinking, etc. the more the merrier. (saying) the more people or things there are, the better the situation will be or the more fun people will have.
