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