merriment

Noun

Meaning

Gayety, with laughter; mirth; frolic.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

fun gaiety playfulness bliss felicity glee rapture fest jollity divertimento joviality mummery entertainment pleasure happiness
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Antonyms

work blues depression heartache aggravation upset
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Hypernyms

happiness recreation diversion

Hyponyms

glee jollity joviality mirth hilarity jocularity

Phrases with the word

torah merriment

Examples

Music is a means capable of expressing dark dramatism and pure rapture, suffering and ecstasy, fiery and cold fury, melancholy and wild merriment – and the subtlest nuances and interplay of these feelings which words are powerless to express and which are unattainable in painting and sculpture. Dmitri Shostakovich

Merriment is always the effect of a sudden impression. The jest which is expected is already destroyed. Samuel Johnson

People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices. Adam Smith

Then he was wrong to have been born at all. Cheek- eek-eek-eek, oo, hoo!" chuckled Rinkitink, his fat body shaking with merriment. "But it's hard to prevent oneself from being born; there's no chance for protest, eh, Bilbil? L. Frank Baum

Even in the monastery there is occasion for song and merriment. African Proverb

No merriment in the seat of justice. Irish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Merrimack River merrimake Merriman merriness Merrington Merriott