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merriment Definition

mer·ri·ment (mer′i mənt)

noun

  1. a merrymaking; gaiety and fun; mirth; hilarity
  2. Obsolete something that amuses or entertains
merriment Synonyms

merriment

n.

  1. A merry feeling

    joy, cheerfulness, gaiety; see happiness 1, humor 3.

  2. A merry occasion

    fun, enjoyment, carousal, sport, frolic, festivity, good time, recreation, tomfoolery, buffoonery, mummery, merry-making; see also fun, party 1.

    Antonyms funeral*, wake*, work.

merriment Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • cause: This seems a tad harsh but caused great merriment in the office.
  • make: Why, the very seriousness was only all the more provocative of laughter: a more cunning way of making merriment.

Adjective modifier

  • much: This was the source of much merriment in the student magazine of the day, from which some extracts follow.
  • general: His hat was then thrown on to a joist of the stand to the general merriment of the away fans.
  • great: This seems a tad harsh but caused great merriment in the office.
  • more: More merriment for the masses The Daily Reckless is proud to announce the launch of its new sister paper, The Sunday Proust.
  • festive: No gold, just frank nonsense and myrth, mulled liquor and innocent festive merriment.
  • innocent: Week Beginning: Sunday 20th August, 2000 Sunday 20th August Spile troshing provides a source of innocent merriment.
merriment Quotes

Damn the great executives, the men of measured merriment, damn the men with careful smiles, damn the men that run the shops, oh, damn their measured merriment.

—Lewis, (Harry) Sinclair

People ofthesametradeseldommeettogether, evenfor merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracyagainst the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices.

—Smith, Adam

By heaven of the returning rain, by earth splitting with verdure, surely it is a decisive word; it is no merriment.

—The Koran