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festive

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Synonyms & Antonyms of festive

indicative of or marked by high spirits or good humor

we arrived at the Christmas party to find everyone already in a festive mood, perhaps owing in part to the punch

Synonyms for festive

blithe,
blithesome,
gay,
gleeful,
jocose,
jocular,
jocund,
jolly,
jovial,
laughing,
merry,
mirthful,
sunny

Words Related to festive

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 for festive

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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“Festive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/festive. Accessed 25 Jun. 2022.

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