drollery Antonyms

Meaning of drollery

Wordnet

drollery (n)

a comic incident or series of incidents

a quaint and amusing jest

Webster

drollery (n.)

The quality of being droll; sportive tricks; buffoonery; droll stories; comical gestures or manners.

Something which serves to raise mirth

A puppet show; also, a puppet.

A lively or comic picture.

drollery Sentence Examples

  1. The comedian's drollery had the audience in stitches.
  2. The painting was full of drollery, with whimsical characters and humorous scenes.
  3. The author's writing was characterized by its wit and drollery.
  4. The film was a delightful mix of drollery and heart.
  5. The play's drollery was a welcome relief from the heavy drama.
  6. The child's innocent remarks were full of drollery.
  7. The politician's speech was full of drollery, but it failed to connect with the audience.
  8. The teacher's drollery helped to keep the students engaged in the lesson.
  9. The party was full of drollery, with guests laughing and joking.
  10. The cat's antics were a source of drollery for the household.

FAQs About the word drollery

a comic incident or series of incidents, a quaint and amusing jestThe quality of being droll; sportive tricks; buffoonery; droll stories; comical gestures or ma

witticism, laugh,joke, joking, jape, funny, josh, scream, parody, yuck

misery, sorrow, misery, sorrow, pathos, grief,pathos, grief, torture,anguish

The comedian's drollery had the audience in stitches.

The painting was full of drollery, with whimsical characters and humorous scenes.

The author's writing was characterized by its wit and drollery.

The film was a delightful mix of drollery and heart.