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