Merriment

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Merriment \Mer"ri*ment\, n.
     Gayety, with laughter; mirth; frolic. "Follies and light
     merriment." --Spenser.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Methought it was the sound


           Of riot and ill-managed merriment.       --Milton.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  merriment
       n 1: a gay feeling [syn: {gaiety}]
       2: activities that are enjoyable or amusing; "I do it for the
          fun of it"; "he is fun to have around" [syn: {fun}, {playfulness}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  71 Moby Thesaurus words for "merriment":
     amusement, blithesomeness, buoyancy, celebration, cheer,
     cheerfulness, conviviality, elation, enjoyment, exhilaration,
     exuberance, exultation, felicity, festivity, flippancy, frivolity,
     fun, gaiety, glee, gleefulness, good cheer, good spirits,
     happiness, heartiness, high glee, high spirits, hilariousness,
     hilarity, holiday-making, hoopla, jocularity, jocundity,
     jollification, jolliness, jollity, joviality, joy, joyfulness,
     joyousness, jubilance, jubilation, jubilee, larking, laughter,
     levity, mafficking, merriness, merrymaking, mirth, mirthfulness,
     playfulness, prankishness, pranksomeness, racketing,
     raucous happiness, rejoicing, revel, reveling, revelment, revelry,
     revels, roguishness, show of joy, skylarking, sportiveness,
     trickery, trickiness, triumph, waggery, waggishness, whoopee