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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. full of or showing high-spirited merriment;
- Example: "when hearts were young and gay"
- Example: "a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company"- Wordsworth
- Example: "the jolly crowd at the reunion"
- Example: "jolly old Saint Nick"
- Example: "a jovial old gentleman"
- Example: "have a merry Christmas"
- Example: "peals of merry laughter"
- Example: "a mirthful laugh"
[syn: gay, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful]

2. offering fun and gaiety;
- Example: "a festive (or festal) occasion"
- Example: "gay and exciting night life"
- Example: "a merry evening"
[syn: gay, festal, festive, merry]

3. quick and energetic;
- Example: "a brisk walk in the park"
- Example: "a lively gait"
- Example: "a merry chase"
- Example: "traveling at a rattling rate"
- Example: "a snappy pace"
- Example: "a spanking breeze"
[syn: alert, brisk, lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Merry \Mer"ry\ (m[e^]r"r[y^]), n. (Bot.)
   A kind of wild red cherry.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Merry \Mer"ry\, a. [Compar. Merrier; superl. Merriest.] [OE.
   merie, mirie, murie, merry, pleasant, AS. merge, myrige,
   pleasant; cf. murge, adv.; prob. akin to OHG. murg, short,
   Goth. gama['u]rgjan to shorten; cf. L. murcus a coward, who
   cuts off his thumb to escape military service; the
   Anglo-Saxon and English meanings coming from the idea of
   making the time seem short. Cf. Mirth.]
   1. Laughingly gay; overflowing with good humor and good
      spirits; jovial; inclined to laughter or play; sportive.
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            They drank, and were merry with him.  --Gen. xliii.
                                                  34.
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            I am never merry when I hear sweet music. --Shak.
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   2. Cheerful; joyous; not sad; happy.
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            Is any merry? let him sing psalms.    --Jas. v. 13.
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   3. Causing laughter, mirth, gladness, or delight; as, a merry
      jest. "Merry wind and weather." --Spenser.
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   Merry dancers. See under Dancer.

   Merry men, followers; retainers. [Obs.]
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            His merie men commanded he
            To make him bothe game and glee.      --Chaucer.
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   To make merry, to be jovial; to indulge in hilarity; to
      feast with mirth. --Judg. ix. 27.
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   Syn: Cheerful; blithe; lively; sprightly; vivacious; gleeful;
        joyous; mirthful; jocund; sportive; hilarious.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

merry
    adj 1: 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" [syn: gay, jocund,
           jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful]
    2: offering fun and gaiety; "a festive (or festal) occasion";
       "gay and exciting night life"; "a merry evening" [syn: gay,
       festal, festive, merry]
    3: 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" [syn: alert, brisk,
       lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy]


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

84 Moby Thesaurus words for "merry":
   addled, animated, beery, bemused, besotted, blind drunk, blithe,
   blithesome, boon, buoyant, buxom, carefree, carouse, celebrate,
   cheerful, cheery, convivial, crapulent, crapulous, delighted,
   dizzy, drenched, drunk, drunken, exhilarating, exuberant, far-gone,
   festal, festive, flustered, fou, frivolous, frolic, full, gala,
   gay, giddy, glad, gladsome, gleeful, glorious, happy, hilarious,
   in liquor, inebriate, inebriated, inebrious, intoxicated, jocular,
   jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, jubilant, laughter-loving,
   light-hearted, lighthearted, lively, mad, make merry, maudlin,
   mellow, merrymaking, mirth-loving, mirthful, muddled, nappy,
   on the loose, reeling, rejoicing, revel, riant, risible, shikker,
   sodden, sotted, sprightly, tiddly, tipsy, unconstrained,
   under the influence, vivacious, wild