merry English

Meaning merry meaning

What does merry mean?

Definitions in simple English

merry Adjective

— If you are merry you feel happy. We were all feeling very merry that night.

— If something is merry it makes people happy. I am wishing you a merry Christmas! His family will be going back to merry old England soon.

merry

— adjective (= gay, jocund, jolly, jovial, mirthful) 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 — Wordsworth 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

— adjective (= gay, festal, festive) offering fun and gaiety a festive (or festal) occasion gay and exciting night life a merry evening

— adjective (= brisk, lively, rattling, snappy, spanking) 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

Synonyms merry synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as merry?

merry English » English

cheerful

happy

joyful

gay

jolly

glad

joyous

jovial

lively

mirthful

festive

delighted

pleasant

buoyant

jocund

chirpy

brisk

blithe

zippy

perky

lighthearted

light-hearted

laughing

hilarious

gleeful

fun

exuberant

convivial

bright

amusing

spanking

snappy

smiling

rattling

pleased

playful

mischievous

jubilant

joking

jaunty

in good spirits

funny

frolicsome

festal

delightful

debonair

content

be cheerful

alert

unconventional

Topics merry topics

What do people use merry to talk about?

Language and thought Emotion Feel good

Happy

• What words describe someone who feels happy?
  happy happily cheerful cheerfully chipper content contented contentedly glad gladly jaunty merry mirthful pleased satisfied

Language and thought Communication Sign, symbol

Laugh

• What other ways do people show they feel good?
  clap applaud applause cheer jump up and down jump for joy dance for joy shout for joy make merry revel weep for joy ululate

Examples merry examples

How do I use merry in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Merry Christmas!

Let's sing some merry songs.

Merry is scared of dogs.

The man in charge of the merry-go-round decided to make sure everything was working properly.

I wish you all a merry Christmas and a happy new year.

Peter is a merry fellow.

I don't know the name of the birds that were singing such a merry song.

I wish you a Merry Christmas.

He laughed a merry laugh.

She laughed a merry laugh.

Merry Christmas and a happy New Year to everyone.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas, my love!

Good morning, sir! A merry Christmas to you!

I wish you all a Merry Christmas.

Movie subtitles

You'll also see that things are a lot more merry with us than in your circles.

After a merry dance with the devils, the witches fly home at the first crow of the cock.

One night each year, all Paris mingled, forgetful of caste-- the merry. mad Bal Masque de l'Opera.

Oh, I forgot to wish you fellas a merry Christmas.

Jolly times and merry pranks, that's me.

They figure they know me pretty well. and don't think I'd go for a merry-go-round.

Do you think I'm giving you a merry-go-round?

Allow me, I order the national anthem to be remade to a merry tune.

Is this what they call a merry anthem, it's like at a funeral.

If you don't play a merry anthem, I'll lock the piano and eat the key.

We'll get on a merry-go-round and never get off.

Here's to the merry-go-round.

I'd like to telephone my mother and wish her a merry Christmas.

A merry Christmas to you.

I'm afraid this isn't a very merry Christmas for you.

Let us eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow, we die.

With Master Davy and Mr. Steerforth to keep us merry.

A merry Christmas to you, Mrs. Christian.

A merry Christmas to you all.

Merry Christmas, Miss Powers.

Merry Christmas to you.

It gives me great pleasure to present you with this magnificent prize, a souvenir of Uncle George and His Merry, Merry Men.

Let's be merry!

Be merry!

Well, here's to the merry-go-round.

Have a merry Christmas.

Let's eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we have to face him.

News and current affairs

As long as we rely on technical fixes to plug moral gaps and governments rush in with rescue packages that enable the merry-go-round to start up again, we are bound to keep lurching from frenzy to frenzy, punctuated by intervals of collapse.

NEW YORK - Capital flows to emerging-market economies have been on a boom-bust merry-go-round for decades.

A decade later, Ken Kesey took his buddies, the Merry Pranksters, across the country in the other direction in their painted bus (granted, with female hangers-on).

Save for the recent hit film 3 Idiots, Bollywood doesn't send groups of Indian guys off on merry, irresponsible adventures.

Even here, behind prison bars and 24-hour surveillance of the type that he experienced for so long, I can conjure the warmth of his broad smile, merry eyes, and those colorful Hawaiian-style shirts that he wore with such panache.