Definitions for Merry
ˈmɛr iMer·ry

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. gay, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthfuladjective

   full of or showing high-spirited merriment

   "when hearts were young and gay"; "a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company"- Wordsworth; "the jolly crowd at the reunion"; "jolly old Saint Nick"; "a jovial old gentleman"; "have a merry Christmas"; "peals of merry laughter"; "a mirthful laugh"

2. gay, festal, festive, merryadjective

   offering fun and gaiety

   "a festive (or festal) occasion"; "gay and exciting night life"; "a merry evening"

3. alert, brisk, lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippyadjective

   quick and energetic

   "a brisk walk in the park"; "a lively gait"; "a merry chase"; "traveling at a rattling rate"; "a snappy pace"; "a spanking breeze"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. merryadjective

   Jolly and full of high-spirits

   We had a very merry Christmas.

2. merryadjective

   Festive and full of fun and laughter

3. merryadjective

   Brisk

   The play moved along at a merry pace.

4. merryadjective

   happy or showing enjoyment

5. Merrynoun

   Originally a nickname for a merry person.

6. Merrynoun

   from the adjective, also a diminutive of Mary and Mercy.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. MERRYadjective

   1. Laughing; loudly cheerful; gay of heart.

   They drank and were merry with him. Gen. xliii. 34.

   The vine languisheth, all the merry-hearted sigh. Isa. xxiv.

   Some that are of an ill and melancholy nature, incline the company into which they come to be sad and ill-disposed; and others that are of a jovial nature, do dispose the company to be merry and cheerful. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist.

   Man is the merriest species of the creation; all above and below him are serious. Addison.

   2. Causing laughter.

   You kill’d her husband, and for that vile fault
   Two of her brothers were condemn’d to death;
   My hand cut off, and made a merry jest. William Shakespeare.

   3. Prosperous.

   In my small pinnace I can sail,
   Contemning all the blust’ring roar;
   And running with a merry gale,
   With friendly stars my safety seek,
   Within some little winding creek,
   And see the storm ashore. Dryden.

Webster Dictionary(2.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Merry

   laughingly gay; overflowing with good humor and good spirits; jovial; inclined to laughter or play ; sportive

2. Merry

   cheerful; joyous; not sad; happy

3. Merry

   causing laughter, mirth, gladness, or delight; as, / merry jest

4. Merrynoun

   a kind of wild red cherry

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1. Merry

   Merry is a Japanese visual kei rock band formed in Tokyo in 2001. The current member lineup consists of Gara on vocals, Yuu and Kenichi on guitar, Tetsu on bass, and Nero on the drums.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Merry

   mer′i, adj. sportive: cheerful: noisily gay: causing laughter: lively.—adv. Merr′ily.—ns. Merr′imake, Merr′y-make (Spens.), a meeting for making merry, a festival, mirth.—v.i. to make merry, to feast.—ns. Merr′iment, Merr′iness, gaiety with laughter and noise: mirth: hilarity; Merr′y-an′drew, one who makes sport for others: a buffoon: one who goes round with a mountebank or a quack doctor—also Merr′yman; Merr′y-go-round, a revolving ring of hobby-horses, &c., on which children ride round at fairs, &c.; Merr′y-mak′ing, a merry entertainment, a festival; Merr′y-thought, the forked bone of a fowl's breast, which two persons pull at in play, the one who breaks off the longer part being thought likely to be first married. [A.S. merg, from the Celtic, as in Gael. and Ir. mear, merry, Gael. mir, to sport.]

2. Merry

   mer′i, n. an English wild-cherry. [Fr. merise.]

How to pronounce Merry?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say Merry in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Merry in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Merry in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Merry in a Sentence

1. The Triumph:

   It started with my taking my two kids around to the zoos and parks, while they were on the merry-go-round riding 40 times or something, I'd be sitting there trying to figure out what you could do that would be more imaginative.

2. George Seney Jr.:

   The lady on the end of the line noticed I was a World War II veteran so she comes over and thanks me for my service and gave me a big hug and said, ‘I want you to have a Merry Christmas,’ and she put something in my hand.

3. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky:

   People often think that holidays should be merry, bring relief, and make it easier -- and when they feel good they don't turn to real faith... Now we are going through hard times, people are starting to come closer to God, there are more people here than before, and that's good for us, today in the morning there was an air alarm, but now thank God it's calmer and we could come. It's very important for us. It's the church we visit often.

4. William Osler:

   There is a form of laughter that springs from the heart, heard every day in the merry voice of childhood, the expression of a laughter -- loving spirit that defies analysis by the philosopher, which has nothing rigid or mechanical in it, and totally without social significance. Bubbling spontaneously from the heart of child or man. Without egotism and full of feeling, laughter is the music of life.

5. Matt Groening:

   Love is a perky elf dancing a merry little jig, and then suddenly he turns on you with a miniature machine gun.

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