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jolly Meaning
jolly (n)
a happy party
a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work
jolly (v)
be silly or tease one another
jolly (s)
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
jolly (r)
to certain extent or degree
jolly (superl.)
Full of life and mirth; jovial; joyous; merry; mirthful.
Expressing mirth, or inspiring it; exciting mirth and gayety.
Of fine appearance; handsome; excellent; lively; agreeable; pleasant.
jolly (v. t.)
To cause to be jolly; to make good-natured; to encourage to feel pleasant or cheerful; -- often implying an insincere or bantering spirit; hence, to poke fun at.
jolly (a.)
A marine in the English navy.
Synonyms & Antonyms of jolly
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- weeping
- anguished
- disgruntled
- dispirited
- glum
- melancholy
- downcast
- sad
- disgruntled
- aggrieved
- moody
- weeping
- depressed
- crying
- moody
- unhappy
- crying
- despondent
- disconsolate
- sad
- wailing
- dejected
- despondent
- disconsolate
- glum
- unhappy
- crestfallen
- downcast
- aggrieved
- crestfallen
- abject
- disheartened
- wailing
- depressed
- abject
- dispirited
- heartbroken
- blue
- dejected
- forlorn
- disheartened
- melancholy
- sorrowful
- anguished
- forlorn
- blue
- sorrowful
- heartbroken
Synonyms:
- witty
- amused
- jocular
- gleeful
- bright
- joyful
- mirthful
- amusing
- happy
- funny
- laughing
- jocund
- jocose
- playful
- lively
- blithe
- humorous
- sunny
- jovial
- cheerful
- blithesome
- smiling
Antonyms:
- miserable
- dolorous
- moaning
- doleful
- sobbing
- gloomy
- discontented
- woeful
- grey
- moaning
- bleak
- sobbing
- brokenhearted
- mournful
- brokenhearted
- somber
- miserable
- dark
- downhearted
- mournful
- cheerless
- grey
- dreary
- sombre
- dismal
- doleful
- sullen
- wretched
- saturnine
- lachrymose
- black
- joyless
- woeful
- wretched
- low-spirited
- gray
- plaintive
- dreary
- saturnine
- groaning
- heartsick
- gray
- somber
- sombre
- desolate
- lugubrious
- dolorous
- lugubrious
- plaintive
- heavyhearted
- lachrymose
- sorry
- low-spirited
- black
- saddened
- groaning
- downhearted
- cheerless
- depressing
- heavyhearted
- sullen
- saddened
- joyless
- discontented
- bleak
- sorry
- heartsick
- gloomy
- dark
- dismal
- depressing
- desolate
- morose
- morose
Synonyms:
- happy-go-lucky
- riotous
- comic
- insouciant
- exuberant
- animated
- sanguine
- flippant
- lighthearted
- frisky
- spirited
- rosy
- peppy
- lightsome
- ecstatic
- vivacious
- upbeat
- jesting
- sportive
- radiant
- hopeful
- perky
- comical
- gladsome
- thrilled
- cavalier
- chipper
- uproarious
- blessed
- unconcerned
- frolicsome
- overjoyed
- rapturous
- blest
- carefree
- blissful
- enraptured
- sprightly
- jaunty
- joking
- chuckling
- euphoric
- bouncing
- optimistic
- jubilant
- buoyant
- hilarious
- elated
- high
- exhilarated
- beaming
- giggling
- facetious
- farcical
- cheery
- zippy
- joyous
- gay
- easygoing
- exultant
- delighted
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FAQs About the word jolly
a happy party, a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work, be silly or tease one another, full of or showing high-spirited merriment, to certain extent or
merry, festive, witty, amused, jocular, gleeful, bright, joyful, mirthful, amusing
weeping, anguished, disgruntled, dispirited, glum, melancholy, downcast, sad, disgruntled, aggrieved
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