Synonyms of merriness

merriness

noun

as in cheerfulness

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 & Similar Words

• cheerfulness
• glee
• festivity
• cheer
• gayety
• mirth
• joviality
• merriment
• cheeriness
• joyfulness
• hilarity
• mirthfulness
• gleefulness
• gaiety
• revelling
• gayness
• humor
• brightness
• reveling
• joking
• frivolity
• jocundity
• jollity
• funning
• playfulness
• revelry
• levity
• jollification
• sunniness
• lightheartedness
• joyousness
• giddiness
• buoyancy
• insouciance
• sportiveness
• vivacity
• jocularity
• liveliness
• buffoonery
• jocosity
• jauntiness
• flippancy
• jubilance
• animation
• rejoicing
• jesting
• perkiness
• jocoseness
• clownishness
• gamesomeness
• gambolling
• good-naturedness
• joshing
• rollicking
• frolicking
• gamboling
• good-humoredness
• romping
• jest

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sorrow
• sadness
• unhappiness
• melancholy
• depression
• dejection
• blues
• gloom
• forlornness
• seriousness
• bile
• earnestness
• spleen
• solemnity
• gravity
• despondence
• discontent
• grimness
• sourness
• soberness
• woe
• moodiness
• mournfulness
• darkness
• joylessness
• disgruntlement
• solemnness
• plaintiveness
• blackness
• gloominess
• glumness
• misery
• graveness
• mourning
• desolation
• desolateness
• wretchedness
• heartbreak
• sobersidedness
• woefulness
• dolefulness
• dolorousness
• miserableness