merriment
Americannoun
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cheerful or joyful gaiety; mirth; hilarity; laughter.
- Antonyms:
- melancholy, misery
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Obsolete. a cause of mirth; a jest, entertainment, etc.
noun
Related Words
See mirth.
Other Word Forms
- overmerriment noun
Etymology
Origin of merriment
Example Sentences
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In summoning so much mirth for its monument to merriment, “A Child’s Christmas in Wales” cheerfully rages against the dying of the light.
My self-consciousness about the high number of touring productions persuaded me not to include “Shucked” at the Hollywood Pantages, which lightened the summer with its country bumpkin merriment.
From Los Angeles Times
From a certain angle, it looked as if Agatha and Pax were glancing at each other, a twin twinkle of merriment in each oil-painted eye.
From Literature
Before long, even the solemn Swanburne girls began to talk and giggle among themselves, with nearly the same freedom and merriment Penelope recalled from her own days at school.
From Literature
A festival on a sandbar brought 90 minutes of merriment to hundreds of people in the Isles of Scilly.
From BBC
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