merriment

mer·ri·ment

M0233400 (mĕr′ĭ-mənt)n. High-spirited fun and enjoyment; hilarity.

merriment

(ˈmɛrɪmənt) ngaiety, fun, or mirth

mer•ri•ment

(ˈmɛr ɪ mənt)

n. 1. cheerful or joyful gaiety; mirth; hilarity; laughter. 2. Obs. a cause of mirth; a jest, entertainment, etc. [1570–80]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	merriment - a gay feeling gaietyhappiness - emotions experienced when in a state of well-beingglee, gleefulness, hilarity, mirth, mirthfulness - great merrimentjocularity, jocundity - a feeling facetious merrimentjolliness, jollity, joviality - feeling jolly and jovial and full of good humor
	2.	merriment - activities that are enjoyable or amusing; "I do it for the fun of it"; "he is fun to have around"fun, playfulnessdiversion, recreation - an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates; "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists"; "for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles"; "drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation"

merriment

noun fun, amusement, glee, mirth, sport, laughter, festivity, frolic, gaiety, hilarity, revelry, jollity, levity, liveliness, conviviality, joviality, jocularity, merrymaking He jokes and ad-libs, to the general merriment of the audience.

merriment

noun1. A state of joyful exuberance:blitheness, blithesomeness, gaiety, glee, gleefulness, hilarity, jocoseness, jocosity, jocularity, jocundity, jolliness, jollity, joviality, lightheartedness, merriness, mirth, mirthfulness.2. Joyful, exuberant activity:conviviality, festival, festiveness, festivity, fun, gaiety, jollity, merrymaking, revel (often used in plural), revelry.

Translations

欢快

merry

(ˈmeri) adjective1. cheerful; noisily or laughingly lively etc. merry children; a merry party. 歡樂的 欢乐的2. slightly drunk. He's been getting merry on whisky. 微醺的 微醉的ˈmerrily adverb 歡樂地，微醺地 欢乐地，兴高采烈地 ˈmerriness noun 歡樂，微醺 欢乐ˈmerriment noun fun and laughter. There was a great deal of merriment at the party. 歡樂，歡笑 欢快ˈmerry-go-round noun (American ˌcarouˈsel) a revolving ring of toy horses etc on which children ride at a fair. 旋轉木馬 旋转木马ˈmerrymaking noun cheerful celebration. all the merrymaking at Christmas. 歡慶 欢庆ˈmerrymaker noun 共同歡慶的人 自得其乐者，寻欢作乐的人