merry Definition

merry
adj merrier, merriest

1. Cheerful and lively.

Thesaurus: happy, festive, gay, joyous, mirthful, amusing, blithe, jocular, fun-loving; Antonym: gloomy, sombre, sober.
2. colloq
Slightly drunk.
3. Causing or full of laughter.

Derivative: merrily
adverb

Derivative: merriment
noun

Gaiety with laughter and noise; hilarity.
Thesaurus: gaiety, joy, jollity, amusement, levity, frolic, conviviality, revelry, merrymaking; Antonym: gloom, gravity.

Derivative: merriness
noun

Idiom: make merry

old use
To have fun; to celebrate.

Idiom: play merry hell with someone or something

See under play.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon myrige in old sense ‘pleasing or agreeable'.