The meaning of MERRY is full of gaiety or high spirits : mirthful. How to use merry in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Merry.
Full of cheerfulness, liveliness, and good feelings: merry revelers. 2. Marked by or offering fun, good feelings, and liveliness; festive: a merry evening. 3. Brisk: a merry pace. 4. Archaic Delightful or pleasing. [Middle English merri, from Old English mirige, pleasant; see mregh-u- in Indo-European roots.] mer′ri ness n.
MERRY definition: 1. happy or showing enjoyment: 2. UK polite word for slightly drunk: 3. happy or showing…. Learn more.
Definition of merry adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
If you describe someone's character or behaviour as merry, you mean that they are happy and cheerful.
joyous in disposition or spirit: a merry little man. hilarious: a merry time at the party. delightful. Idioms to be happy or festive: The New Year's revelers were making merry in the ballroom. ridicule: The unthinking children made merry of the boy who had no shoes. mer′ri ness, n. 1. happy, blithe, blithesome, frolicsome, cheery, glad. See gay. 2.
merry, adj. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary
MERRY definition: full of cheerfulness or gaiety; joyous in disposition or spirit. See examples of merry used in a sentence.
Proper noun Merry A surname transferred from the nickname. Originally a nickname for a merry person. A female given name from merry. A diminutive of the female given name Mercy.
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.”