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