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