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How to pronounce merriment in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms fun, playfulness
Type of diversion, recreation
Type Words
Synonyms gaiety
Type of happiness
Has types hilarity, jocularity, jocundity, jolliness, jollity, joviality, mirth, mirthfulness, gleefulness, glee

Examples of merriment

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Parents can participate or enjoy a cup of coffee while they watch the merriment.
From the sacbee.com
It's a time of merriment and feasting and continues, in general, for seven days.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The stirring, stuffing and steaming are essential elements of holiday merriment.
From the ocregister.com
Within seconds, the scene of holiday merriment was transformed into grim mayhem.
From the time.com
We began with a weekend of seriously old-fashioned merriment at the Rapska Fjera.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Just contemplating her candidacy makes the sides ache with anticipated merriment.
From the post-gazette.com
When a swarm of bees poses a threat to their day's merriment, they flee together.
From the nytimes.com
Bernarke has gone again on the twist to the merriment of Wall street banksters.
From the economist.com
Peggy Gessford, Sheila Wenger's mother, was on hand for the fun and merriment.
From the sltrib.com
More examples
  • Gaiety: a gay feeling
  • Fun: activities that are enjoyable or amusing; "I do it for the fun of it"; "he is fun to have around"
  • Merriment is a 2000 album by Vic Chesnutt. The album is a collaborative effort between Georgia based musicians - Vic Chesnutt and Kelly & Nikki Keneipp, with Chesnutt writing and singing the songs, and the Keneipps playing the music. ...
  • A state of enjoyable exuberance; playful fun