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merriness

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Synonyms & Antonyms of merriness

a mood characterized by high spirits and amusement and often accompanied by laughter

I hate the forced merriness of so many New Year's Eve parties

Synonyms for merriness

cheer,
cheerfulness,
cheeriness,
festivity,
gaiety
(also gayety),
gayness,
glee,
gleefulness,
hilarity,
jocundity,
joviality,
merriment,
mirth,
mirthfulness

Words Related to merriness

frivolity,
levity

jollification,
jollity,
reveling
(or revelling),
revelry

brightness,
buoyancy,
good-humoredness,
good-naturedness,
humor,
sunniness

gamesomeness,
insouciance,
lightheartedness,
playfulness,
sportiveness

buffoonery,
clownishness,
flippancy,
funning,
jest,
jesting,
jocoseness,
jocosity,
jocularity,
joking,
joshing

animation,
giddiness,
jauntiness,
liveliness,
perkiness,
vivacity

joyfulness,
joyousness,
jubilance,
rejoicing

frolicking,
gamboling
(or gambolling),
rollicking,
romping

Near Antonyms for merriness

blues,
dejection,
depression,
despondence,
forlornness,
sadness,
sorrow,
unhappiness

bile,
gloom,
melancholy,
sourness,
spleen

earnestness,
graveness,
gravity,
grimness,
seriousness,
soberness,
sobersidedness,
solemnity,
solemnness

discontent,
disgruntlement,
moodiness

dolefulness,
dolorousness,
joylessness,
mournfulness,
plaintiveness,
woe,
woefulness

blackness,
darkness,
gloominess,
glumness

desolateness,
desolation

heartbreak,
miserableness,
misery,
mourning,
wretchedness

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“Merriness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/merriness. Accessed 28 Jun. 2022.

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