jocose

jo·cose

adj \jō-ˈkōs, jə-\

Definition of JOCOSE

1

: given to joking : merry

2

: characterized by joking : humorous

— jo·cose·ly adverb

— jo·cose·ness noun

— jo·cos·i·ty \jō-ˈkä-sə-tē, jə-\ noun

Examples of JOCOSE

1. <the comedian's jocose introductions kept the awards ceremony from becoming a stodgy affair>

Origin of JOCOSE

Latin jocosus, from jocus joke

First Known Use: 1673

Related to JOCOSE

Synonyms: blithesome, festive, gay, gleeful, merry, jocular, jocund, jolly, jovial, laughing, mirthful, sunny

Related Words: amused, beaming, chuckling, giggling, smiling; bright, buoyant, carefree, cheerful, cheery, chipper, lighthearted, lightsome, upbeat; animated, bouncing, frisky, jaunty, lively, peppy, perky, spirited, sprightful, sprightly, vivacious, zippy; blessed (also blest), blissful, delighted, ecstatic, elated, enraptured, entranced, euphoric, exhilarated, exuberant, exultant, gladsome, happy, high, joyful, joyous, jubilant, overjoyed, radiant, rapturous, ravished, thrilled, tickled; amusing, facetious, flippant, frolicsome, funny, hilarious, jesting, joking, joshing, playful, sportive, witty; cavalier, devil-may-care, easygoing, happy-go-lucky, insouciant, unconcerned; hopeful, optimistic, rosy, sanguine; antic, comic, comical, farcical, humorous, riotous, sidesplitting, uproarious

Near Antonyms: abject, aggrieved, anguished, blue, brokenhearted, crestfallen, dejected, depressed, despondent, disconsolate, disheartened, dispirited, downcast, downhearted, forlorn, glum, heartbroken, heartsick, heavyhearted, low-spirited, melancholy, sad, saddened, sorrowful, unhappy; crying, groaning, moaning, sobbing, wailing, weeping; discontented, disgruntled, moody; doleful, dolorous, joyless, lachrymose, lugubrious, mournful, plaintive, sorry, woeful; black, bleak, cheerless, comfortless, dark, depressing, desolate, dismal, dreary, gloomy, glum, gray (also grey), morose, saturnine, somber (or sombre), sullen; miserable, woebegone, wretched; dull, lethargic, listless, sluggish, torpid

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Rhymes with JOCOSE

arkose, Carlos, cosmos, crustose, cymose, dextrose, engross, erose, fructose, globose, glucose, lactose, maltose, mannose, morose, mythos, nodose, pappose, pentose, pilose, plumose, ramose, rhamnose, ribose, rugose, schistose, setose, spinose, strigose, sucrose, Sukkoth, triose, up close, vadose, verbose, viscose