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merrymakings

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

celebration

Synonyms

STRONG

amusement carousal conviviality enjoyment festivity frolic jolly merriment pleasure revelry

WEAK

festive

Antonyms

STRONG

gloom misery sadness sorrow unhappiness

Example Sentences

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That day had been chosen for the dance in the forest, one of the two merrymakings dearest to the hearts of those earliest Kentuckians.

From Round Anvil Rock A Romance by Banks, Nancy Huston

Lady Washington joined her husband in February, and there was an added dignity to 197 the kettledrums and merrymakings in consequence.

From Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls by Madison, Lucy Foster

They have cast off, it is true, many of their ancestors' games and merrymakings, but they have in no degree lost their soul of mirth and happiness.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 262, July 7, 1827 by Various

The king has heard of your merrymakings and of your alliance with the English king.

From Boycotted And Other Stories by Reed, Talbot Baines

Weddings were merrymakings in my time: 39 The reckoning seldom came till the morrow’s morn.

From Krindlesyke by Gibson, Wilfrid Wilson