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веселье — meaning in English

veselye

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English meaning

  • festivity noun A festival or other big celebration.
  • frolic verb To play or move about happily and without restraint.
  • fun noun Enjoyment, amusement, or a good time.
  • glee noun Great delight or high-spirited joy.
  • hilarity noun Great fun and enjoyment, usually with a lot of laughing.
  • joy noun A feeling of great happiness or delight.
  • joyfulness noun A feeling of great happiness.
  • merriment noun Cheerful enjoyment; lively fun and laughter.
  • mirth noun Cheerful laughter and merriment.
  • revelry noun Loud, lively celebration or merry-making.

Senses

веселье is used for these senses in English:

  • festivity An experience or expression of celebratory feeling, merriment, gaiety.
  • frolic Gaiety; merriment. [from 1610s]
  • fun Amusement, enjoyment or pleasure.
  • glee (uncountable) Joy; happiness; great delight, especially from one's own good fortune or from another's misfortune.
  • glee (singing, countable) An unaccompanied part song for three or more solo voices, not necessarily merry.
  • joy A feeling of extreme happiness or cheerfulness, especially related to the acquisition or expectation of something good.
  • joyfulness The state of being joyful.
  • merriment A state of enjoyable exuberance.

festivity — full definition

  1. noun A festival or other big celebration.
  2. noun A joyful, celebratory mood or activity.

frolic — full definition

  1. verb To play or move about happily and without restraint.
  2. noun Playful, carefree activity or fun.
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