merrier

ADJECTIVE

very happy; festive

Synonyms

STRONGEST

amusing cheerful comical enjoyable fun-loving glad hilarious jolly joyful joyous lighthearted lively mad pleasant rollicking sunny winsome

WEAK

blithe blithesome boisterous boon carefree comic convivial entertaining facetious frolicsome funny gay gleeful grooving humorous jocund jumping larking mirthful perky riotous rip-roaring rocking saturnalian sportive unconstrained uproarious vivacious wild zappy zingy zippy

Antonyms

STRONGEST

depressed disagreeable gloomy grave sad serious solemn tragic unfunny unhappy unpleasant upset

WEAK

sorrowful

Example Sentences

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Merrier, definitely, was My Romantic History, a comedy about a stuttering fling between Glaswegian sad-sack Tom and his office colleague Amy.

From The Guardian • Aug. 14, 2010

This sample teaser for Columbia Pictures' forthcoming comedy, The More The Merrier, was heard on 50 stations of the four major radio networks last week.

From Time Magazine Archive

The More The Merrier � The main thing to remember is that you�re going to need help to pull this grassroots party off.

From Time Magazine Archive

One can embrace the principle of contraceptive discretion without entering into the Cairo debate -- Thomas Malthus vs. the More the Merrier School.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had been introduced as André Dubois, "a very terrible person," had added Merrier, laughing.

From One Man's Initiation—1917 by Dos Passos, John