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