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- [mer-ee-muh nt, mer-i‐]
- /ˈmɛr i mənt, ˈmɛr ɪ‐/
- /ˈmer.i.mənt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [mer-ee-muh nt, mer-i‐]
- /ˈmɛr i mənt, ˈmɛr ɪ‐/
Definitions of merriment word
- noun merriment cheerful or joyful gaiety; mirth; hilarity; laughter. 1
- noun merriment Obsolete. a cause of mirth; a jest, entertainment, etc. 1
- noun merriment Gaiety and fun. 1
- noun merriment rejoicing, celebration 1
- uncountable noun merriment Merriment means laughter. 0
- noun merriment gaiety, fun, or mirth 0
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Origin of merriment
First appearance:
before 1570 One of the 33% oldest English words
First recorded in 1570-80; merry + -ment
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Parts of speech for Merriment
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
merriment popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 66% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for merriment
noun merriment
- revelry — reveling; boisterous festivity: Their revelry could be heard across the river.
- hilarity — cheerfulness; merriment; mirthfulness.
- indulgence — the act or practice of indulging; gratification of desire.
- revel — to take great pleasure or delight (usually followed by in): to revel in luxury.
- joviality — the state or quality of being jovial; merriment; jollity.
adjective merriment
- giggler — to laugh in a silly, often high-pitched way, especially with short, repeated gasps and titters, as from juvenile or ill-concealed amusement or nervous embarrassment.
- crackup — a cracking up
- chortler — One who chortles.
- crower — to utter the characteristic cry of a rooster.
- gurgling — to flow in a broken, irregular, noisy current: The water gurgled from the bottle.
Antonyms for merriment
noun merriment
- sadness — affected by unhappiness or grief; sorrowful or mournful: to feel sad because a close friend has moved away.
- sorrow — distress caused by loss, affliction, disappointment, etc.; grief, sadness, or regret.
- woe — grievous distress, affliction, or trouble: His woe was almost beyond description.
- work — Henry Clay, 1832–84, U.S. songwriter.
- seriousness — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
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