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