noun
definition
A state of enjoyable exuberance
definition
Playful fun
Examples of merriment in a Sentence
The proceedings were characterized by excessive merriment and licentiousness.
They broke free of the house into the dark night on a side of the house far from the light and merriment of the party.
This seems a tad harsh but caused great merriment in the office.
How little the public thought, when laughing over his sketches, so brimful of merriment, what manner of man the artist was!
Allow us to help create a memorable evening of singing, merriment and dodgy dancing in a genuine environment of noisy celebration and laughter.
This was the source of much merriment in the student magazine of the day, from which some extracts follow.
No gold, just frank nonsense and myrth, mulled liquor and innocent festive merriment.
One of the signature games is the "Quest," when teams of passengers compete in outrageous tasks for prizes and the merriment of their fellow guests.
We moan with merriment, with purpose, with self-deprecating wit.
Thus Bolond Istok, the first canto of which he completed in 1850, is full of sub-acrid merriment.
You will find them at weddings and funerals, as well as with the traditional holiday merriment.
His hat was then thrown on to a joist of the stand to the general merriment of the away fans.
Instead of sending plain, predictable Christmas cards this year, consider choosing electronic Christmas cards to add a bit of high-tech holiday merriment to your seasonal greetings.
While the Christmas season may be a time of love, joy and merriment for some people, others may be lost in the holiday hustle and bustle.
Taking a cue from the accolades Gucci received with the release of their charm bracelet lines, the company took the concept one step further and created an arresting amalgamation of superior timekeeping and unbridled merriment.
Dress in holiday attire or hold a seasonal greeting sign to add more merriment to these electronic cards.
A picnic lunch, frisbee or a baseball and bat can add an element of carefree merriment to your outing.Book a basketball or tennis court and challenge each other to a game.
It provides the soundtrack to the general merriment, with dancing and games among the partygoers.
All this naked white human flesh, laughing and shrieking, floundered about in that dirty pool like carp stuffed into a watering can, and the suggestion of merriment in that floundering mass rendered it specially pathetic.