单词 | merry |
释义 | merry —merrily, adv. —merriness, n. /mer"ee/, adj., merrier, merriest. 1. full of cheerfulness or gaiety; joyous in disposition or spirit: a merry little man. 2. laughingly happy; mirthful; festively joyous; hilarious: a merry time at the party. 3. Archaic. causing happiness; pleasant; delightful. 4. make merry, a. to be happy or festive: The New Year's revelers were making merry in the ballroom. b. to make fun of; ridicule: The unthinking children made merry of the boy who had no shoes. [bef. 900; ME meri(e), myrie, murie, OE myr(i)ge, mer(i)ge pleasant, delightful] Syn. 1. happy, blithe, blithesome, frolicsome, cheery, glad. See gay. 2. jolly, jovial, gleeful. Ant. 1. sad. 2. solemn. |
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