Merry
adjective
Happy, cheerful, full of joy.
They all had a merry time at the party
Often appears as...
- merry christmas
- merry man
adjective
Used to describe someone who is a little bit drunk.
She was rather merry after two glasses of wine
Often appears as...
- make merry
- drink and be merry
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
adjective
Happy, cheerful, full of joy.
They all had a merry time at the party
Often appears as...
- merry christmas
- merry man
adjective
Used to describe someone who is a little bit drunk.
She was rather merry after two glasses of wine
Often appears as...
- make merry
- drink and be merry
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Festive Greetings
Use 'merry' to wish someone a joyous holiday, especially during Christmas.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Pro Tip 2/3Celebratory Tone
'Merry' adds excitement and enthusiasm when discussing celebrations or festivities.
We're going to have such a merry celebration for her birthday.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotionally Light
'Merry' expresses light-heartedness and is less intense than 'ecstatic' or 'elated'.
He always has a merry disposition, even on stressful days.
Pro Tip 1/3Festive Greetings
Use 'merry' to wish someone a joyous holiday, especially during Christmas.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Pro Tip 2/3Celebratory Tone
'Merry' adds excitement and enthusiasm when discussing celebrations or festivities.
We're going to have such a merry celebration for her birthday.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotionally Light
'Merry' expresses light-heartedness and is less intense than 'ecstatic' or 'elated'.
He always has a merry disposition, even on stressful days.
Pro Tip 1/3Festive Greetings
Use 'merry' to wish someone a joyous holiday, especially during Christmas.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Pro Tip 2/3Celebratory Tone
'Merry' adds excitement and enthusiasm when discussing celebrations or festivities.
We're going to have such a merry celebration for her birthday.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotionally Light
'Merry' expresses light-heartedness and is less intense than 'ecstatic' or 'elated'.
He always has a merry disposition, even on stressful days.
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Video examples
Why is ketchup so hard...
and the center plug of ketchup, and so the ketchup flows. Another possibility is that the particles slowly rearrange themselves into lots of small groups, which then flow past each other. Scientists who study fluid flows are still actively researching how ketchup and its merry friends work.
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Safari Live - Day 376 PIPE...
on camera in a very warm and merry Father's Day to all of you I know it's not Father's Day all over the world but in South Africa the most certainly is well this morning I was out on tracking tip and managed to find the tandy which was very very cool found some steaming
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Blanca: Lobo's mate PIPE...
because of her white coat and they say she leads Lobo a merry dance this tallies with the tracks I saw at the creek and has suggested a way to catch her cunningly seaton first pace traps rather obviously around the dead cow guessing that Lobo would stop and try to
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Elaine Morgan says we...
could that be why we are naked? I suggested it and people said, "No no no. I mean, look at the elephant. You've forgotten all about the elephant haven't you?" So back in 1982 I said, "Well perhaps the elephant had an aquatic ancestor." Peals of merry laughter!
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What separates us from...
How can we do it? Somebody said that yesterday. And as I was traveling around, I kept meeting young people who'd lost hope. They were feeling despair, they were feeling, "Well, it doesn't matter what we do; eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die.
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Is the world getting...
The poor will always be with you. And since the world will end soon -- if climate change doesn't kill us all, then runaway artificial intelligence will -- a natural response is to enjoy life while we can, eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die.
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A brief history of...
you just had to know the exact word for their plural rather than just adding the handy S on the end. And it wasn't always an S at the end either. In merry Old English, they could add other sounds to the end. Just like more than one child is children,
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Tracee Ellis Ross: A...
And the next thing you know, there were hands on her, and she was being moved out of the way. He then got what he was reaching for, whatever she was blocking, and went on his merry way. She said that she was shocked at first --
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POV "Kittycam" Reveals...
were hunting that they would be hunting furs but it's been a bit of a surprise that the cats that we have captured on camera have not been hunting birds but for a merry thing that they hunt are
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Mac Barnett: Why a good...
because school started, as you might not know, probably, since you're a whale, you don't know, and I'm calling you to just say, to wish you a merry Christmas.
Video examples
Why is ketchup so hard...
and the center plug of ketchup, and so the ketchup flows. Another possibility is that the particles slowly rearrange themselves into lots of small groups, which then flow past each other. Scientists who study fluid flows are still actively researching how ketchup and its merry friends work.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 376 PIPE...
on camera in a very warm and merry Father's Day to all of you I know it's not Father's Day all over the world but in South Africa the most certainly is well this morning I was out on tracking tip and managed to find the tandy which was very very cool found some steaming
Video examples
Blanca: Lobo's mate PIPE...
because of her white coat and they say she leads Lobo a merry dance this tallies with the tracks I saw at the creek and has suggested a way to catch her cunningly seaton first pace traps rather obviously around the dead cow guessing that Lobo would stop and try to
Video examples
Elaine Morgan says we...
could that be why we are naked? I suggested it and people said, "No no no. I mean, look at the elephant. You've forgotten all about the elephant haven't you?" So back in 1982 I said, "Well perhaps the elephant had an aquatic ancestor." Peals of merry laughter!
Video examples
What separates us from...
How can we do it? Somebody said that yesterday. And as I was traveling around, I kept meeting young people who'd lost hope. They were feeling despair, they were feeling, "Well, it doesn't matter what we do; eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die.
Video examples
Is the world getting...
The poor will always be with you. And since the world will end soon -- if climate change doesn't kill us all, then runaway artificial intelligence will -- a natural response is to enjoy life while we can, eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die.
Video examples
A brief history of...
you just had to know the exact word for their plural rather than just adding the handy S on the end. And it wasn't always an S at the end either. In merry Old English, they could add other sounds to the end. Just like more than one child is children,
Video examples
Tracee Ellis Ross: A...
And the next thing you know, there were hands on her, and she was being moved out of the way. He then got what he was reaching for, whatever she was blocking, and went on his merry way. She said that she was shocked at first --
Video examples
POV "Kittycam" Reveals...
were hunting that they would be hunting furs but it's been a bit of a surprise that the cats that we have captured on camera have not been hunting birds but for a merry thing that they hunt are
Video examples
Mac Barnett: Why a good...
because school started, as you might not know, probably, since you're a whale, you don't know, and I'm calling you to just say, to wish you a merry Christmas.
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Quote examples
Rani Mukerji
Indian Actress
I think the success of a film is very important to an actor. It depends on how many people go to watch your movies; the more the merrier. Nobody wants to do a film for five people. You work so hard that millions of people watch the movie; this is directly related to box office success.
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Malaika Arora Khan
Indian Actress
For me, the spirit of Christmas means being happy and giving freely. It's a tradition for all the kids in the family to help mom decorate the tree. Christmas is all about family, eating, drinking and making merry.
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William Blake
English Poet
When the green woods laugh with the voice of joy, And the dimpling stream runs laughing by; When the air does laugh with our merry wit, And the green hill laughs with the noise of it.
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Joel Osteen
American Clergyman
A lot of psychological principles and even medical principles, you see them coming around to what the Bible said hundreds of years ago: a merry heart is good like a medicine.
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Eric Metaxas
American Author
Created in the awesome image of God, men and women know that life has a meaning beyond 'eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.
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Rachel Stevens
English Musician
There are so many great artists and most of them are women, but that's good - the more the merrier!
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William Shakespeare
English Playwright
I had rather have a fool to make me merry than experience to make me sad and to travel for it too!
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George Jean Nathan
American Editor
Beauty makes idiots sad and wise men merry.
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King Solomon
Royalty
A merry heart doeth good like medicine.
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Edward Fitzgerald
English Poet
I am all for the short and merry life.
Quote examples
Rani Mukerji
Indian Actress
I think the success of a film is very important to an actor. It depends on how many people go to watch your movies; the more the merrier. Nobody wants to do a film for five people. You work so hard that millions of people watch the movie; this is directly related to box office success.
Quote examples
Malaika Arora Khan
Indian Actress
For me, the spirit of Christmas means being happy and giving freely. It's a tradition for all the kids in the family to help mom decorate the tree. Christmas is all about family, eating, drinking and making merry.
Quote examples
William Blake
English Poet
When the green woods laugh with the voice of joy, And the dimpling stream runs laughing by; When the air does laugh with our merry wit, And the green hill laughs with the noise of it.
Quote examples
Joel Osteen
American Clergyman
A lot of psychological principles and even medical principles, you see them coming around to what the Bible said hundreds of years ago: a merry heart is good like a medicine.
Quote examples
Eric Metaxas
American Author
Created in the awesome image of God, men and women know that life has a meaning beyond 'eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.
Quote examples
Rachel Stevens
English Musician
There are so many great artists and most of them are women, but that's good - the more the merrier!
Quote examples
William Shakespeare
English Playwright
I had rather have a fool to make me merry than experience to make me sad and to travel for it too!
Quote examples
George Jean Nathan
American Editor
Beauty makes idiots sad and wise men merry.
Quote examples
King Solomon
Royalty
A merry heart doeth good like medicine.
Quote examples
Edward Fitzgerald
English Poet
I am all for the short and merry life.
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