Merry, a.
- 1. Pleasant, agreeable, exhilarating, delightful, brisk, lively, stirring.
- 2. Mirthful, jovial, gleeful, gay, hilarious, sportive, jocund, joyous, facetious, lively, jolly, buxom, frolicsome,
blithe, blithesome, airy, gladsome, vivacious, wanton, light-hearted, cheerful.
- 3. Mirthful, sportive, comical, droll, gleeful, funny, sprightly.
- 4. Sarcastic, satirical.
Merry-andrew, n. Buffoon, zany, harlequin, scaramouch, fool, mountebank, jester, droll, jack-pudding, pickle-herring.
Merry-making, n. Festival, convivial entertainment, merry bout.
Merry-thought, n. Wish-bone.
Mesh, n. Interstice (of a net).
Mesh, v. a. Ensnare, entangle, snare.
Meshy, a. Reticulated, netted.
Mesmerism, n. Animal magnetism.
Mess, n.
- 1. Dish.
- 2. Set (who eat together), company.
- 3. Medley, mixture, miscellany, mass, farrago, hotch-potch, hodge-podge, jumble, salmagundi, mish-
mash, olio, confused mass, mélange.
- 4. Muddle, predicament, plight, confusion, perplexity, pickle (colloq.).
Mess, v. n. Eat in company, take meals at the same table.
Message, n. Communication, intimation, notice, word.
Messenger, n.
- 1. Emissary, express, courier, mercury, carrier, intelligencer.
- 2. Harbinger, forerunner, herald, precursor.