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Antonyms for merry-making
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : mer-ee-mey-king |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɛr iˌmeɪ kɪŋ |
Definition of merry-making
Origin :- also merry-making, 1714; see merry + make (v.). Related: Merry-maker (1827).
- As in cheer : noun happiness
- Who are these, and why are they merry-making here, if there is no one dead?
- Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
- You make a merry-making of this, every month; let me be merry, too.
- Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
- Everywhere alike he found them faring sumptuously and merry-making.
- Extract from : « Anabasis » by Xenophon
- All that merry-making was the source of the Cabaal's pin-money, for the other seasons of the year.
- Extract from : « Mayflower (Flor de mayo) » by Vicente Blasco Ibez
- London was merry-making, with bonfires and pealing of bells, when Will Peake and I entered it.
- Extract from : « Sir Ludar » by Talbot Baines Reed
- In the midst of all the merry-making the wife burst suddenly into tears.
- Extract from : « Legend Land, Vol. 1 » by Various
- The young lady will see her cousin and all will be joy and merry-making.
- Extract from : « Dona Perfecta » by B. Perez Galdos
- She would try to dismiss it and do her best to enter into the spirit of the merry-making.
- Extract from : « Marjorie Dean » by Pauline Lester
- All the drivers were more or less the worse for merry-making, and the groom was absorbed in his bride.
- Extract from : « My Antonia » by Willa Cather
- The merry-making had increased; the place was more crowded than ever.
- Extract from : « Tarrano the Conqueror » by Raymond King Cummings
Synonyms for merry-making
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