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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:
- heartbroken
- forlorn
- wailing
- disconsolate
- despondent
- heartbroken
- abject
- abject
- anguished
- disgruntled
- melancholy
- forlorn
- anguished
- disheartened
- sad
- unhappy
- aggrieved
- melancholy
- disheartened
- despondent
- downcast
- wailing
- glum
- dejected
- unhappy
- disgruntled
- crestfallen
- aggrieved
- dejected
- dispirited
- moody
- sorrowful
- weeping
- sad
- crying
- downcast
- depressed
- blue
- blue
- weeping
- dispirited
- disconsolate
- moody
- glum
- crying
- depressed
- sorrowful
- crestfallen
Synonyms:
- amused
- bright
- playful
- blithe
- blithesome
- gleeful
- jovial
- funny
- jocund
- smiling
- happy
- sunny
- jocular
- witty
- jocose
- humorous
- joyful
- cheerful
- lively
- mirthful
- laughing
- amusing
Antonyms:
- downhearted
- morose
- sobbing
- sombre
- dreary
- heavyhearted
- cheerless
- gray
- bleak
- joyless
- black
- brokenhearted
- saturnine
- moaning
- miserable
- dark
- bleak
- grey
- cheerless
- discontented
- dismal
- depressing
- mournful
- groaning
- miserable
- brokenhearted
- saddened
- moaning
- sorry
- low-spirited
- doleful
- woeful
- dolorous
- dark
- discontented
- saturnine
- wretched
- somber
- sobbing
- groaning
- dreary
- lachrymose
- somber
- lachrymose
- doleful
- dismal
- heavyhearted
- downhearted
- gloomy
- desolate
- saddened
- lugubrious
- dolorous
- plaintive
- sombre
- low-spirited
- wretched
- lugubrious
- gloomy
- desolate
- plaintive
- gray
- heartsick
- grey
- depressing
- sorry
- morose
- black
- woeful
- joyless
- mournful
- sullen
- heartsick
- sullen
Synonyms:
- joking
- jubilant
- blest
- euphoric
- thrilled
- perky
- peppy
- farcical
- hilarious
- uproarious
- exuberant
- spirited
- unconcerned
- sanguine
- lighthearted
- blessed
- giggling
- enraptured
- overjoyed
- carefree
- radiant
- optimistic
- comical
- flippant
- sportive
- zippy
- sprightly
- easygoing
- happy-go-lucky
- frisky
- chuckling
- insouciant
- buoyant
- rapturous
- gay
- ecstatic
- lightsome
- blissful
- riotous
- elated
- gladsome
- chipper
- high
- upbeat
- rosy
- frolicsome
- cheery
- vivacious
- exultant
- hopeful
- animated
- cavalier
- jesting
- bouncing
- facetious
- delighted
- beaming
- joyous
- jaunty
- exhilarated
- comic
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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, amused, bright, playful, blithe, blithesome, gleeful, jovial, funny
heartbroken, forlorn, wailing, disconsolate, despondent, heartbroken, abject, abject, anguished, disgruntled
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