merry

Definitions

Cheerful and lively.

Characterized by festivity and enjoyment.

Examples

The children were in a merry mood as they opened their presents on Christmas morning.

We spent the evening singing merry songs around the fireplace.

Synonyms

cheerful joyful jolly happy gleeful lighthearted festive

Antonyms

sad gloomy miserable depressed sorrowful melancholy unhappy