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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

For to what purpose were it to clog our stomachs with dainties, junkets, and the like stuff, unless our eyes and ears, nay whole mind, were likewise entertained with jests, merriments, and laughter?

From The Praise of Folly by Wilson, John

The custom of making fools on the 1st of April is one of the few old English merriments still in general vogue.

From Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England by Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard)

This gorgeous-broider'd with rich sentences: That fair and purfled round with merriments.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 by Various