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merriments

NOUN

enjoyment, amusement

Synonyms

WEAK

brawl buffoonery cheerfulness conviviality festivity frolic fun fun and games gaiety glee happiness hilarity hoopla indulgence jocularity jocundity jollity joviality joy laughs laughter levity liveliness mirth picnic recreation revel revelry self-indulgence shindig sport whoopee wingding

Antonyms

WEAK

sadness sorrow unhappiness

NOUN

amusement

Synonyms

STRONGEST

hilarity revelry

STRONG

brawl buffoonery cheerfulness conviviality enjoyment festivity frolic fun gaiety glee grins happiness hoopla indulgence jocularity jocundity jollity joviality joy laughs laughter levity liveliness merrymaking mirth picnic recreation revel self-indulgence shindig sport tomfoolery whoopee

WEAK

wingding

Antonyms

STRONG

depression gloom misery sadness seriousness sorrow unhappiness woe work

Example Sentences

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If as much by wishful thinking as by design, it had both the U.S. women’s and men’s national teams on center stage in each of those merriments.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2019

Yet despite the merriments, Christmas can be a stressful time for presidents.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2015

The merriments of the marriage breakfast," continued Wolston "slightly interrupted by the arrival of the new guest, were resumed.

From Willis the Pilot by Adrien, Paul

The solemnity of Good-Friday ends, it appeared, at ten o'clock on Saturday morning, and from that time the merriments of Easter have their commencement.

From The Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans 1814-1815 by Gleig, G. R. (George Robert)

He must have thought of Uncle Tom and the bells of Nottingham on this clear night of lovely airs and out-of-door merriments.

From True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin by Pierce, H. Winthrop