jollification

noun

ˌjä-li-fə-ˈkā-shən How to pronounce jollification (audio)
Definition of jollificationnext
as in festivity
joyful or festive activity each year the mountain men of the Old West would gather for a week of carousing, tall tale-telling, and general jollification

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jollification
  1. festivity
  2. celebration
  3. jollity
  4. merriment
  5. merrymaking
  6. rejoicing
  7. revelry
  8. cheerfulness
Noun
  • Saturday’s festivities will include crafts, story time, a scavenger hunt and the chance to see hundreds of fish in their colorful new environment for the first time in months.
    — Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The festivities started in 1841, and today’s visitors enjoy some of the same activities, like animal exhibitions and farm product demonstrations.
    — Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of festivity
Noun
  • Trump has managed to bring up grass at events as varied as the signing of an executive order on TikTok and the 2025 White House celebration of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The community came together Wednesday to wish the young talent good luck at a send-off celebration and pizza party.
    — Allen Devlin, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of celebration
Noun
  • The finale is an ambiguous mix of jollity and agitation, with a piccolo shrieking above a militant march.
    — Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Winston Peacock’s Ghost of Christmas Present is especially winning with decidedly John Belushi-esque jollity.
    — Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 10 Dec. 2025
Definition of jollity
Noun
  • Downtown Saluda turns into a walkable outdoor gallery, showcasing pottery, sculpture, paintings, and all manner of other crafts, and it’s all complemented by live music and general merriment.
    — Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 15 July 2026
  • Throughout the visit, much of which could happen during a spring snowstorm, Denver city leaders will attempt to demonstrate the city’s logistical, financial and merriment potential.
    — Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 5 May 2026
Definition of merriment
Noun
  • Nor did great merrymaking surround its 2001 move to pioneer quantitative easing.
    — William Pesek, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
  • Once ground was completely covered with shards of tableware, folks journeyed from their seats into the center of the room for more dancing and merrymaking.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 11 June 2026
Definition of merrymaking
Noun
  • The top-level changes late Tuesday were intended to draw a line under an unwelcome spasm of political turmoil that lasted almost a week and prompted rejoicing in Russia.
    — Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2026
  • There’s an inevitable triumphalism in all this rejoicing, and that was certainly also true in 1876 during the nation’s centennial.
    — Brenda Wineapple, The New York Review of Books, 4 July 2026
Definition of rejoicing
Noun
  • Follow the meal schedule For all the joie de vivre and revelry, Spain in general and San Sebastián in particular have a very concrete schedule around eating.
    — Marti Buckley, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Aug. 2026
  • And with training camp beginning Saturday, attention again has been diverted to the incident that remains unresolved — an allegation that Nacua left bite marks on a woman’s shoulder during an evening of revelry.
    — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026
Definition of revelry
Noun
  • Kikuko sometimes mistook Shigejiro’s cheerfulness for egoism owing to the distortions produced by her illness.
    — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Positive qualities—promptness, diligence, cheerfulness—sped up your ascent through the ranks; negative ones—laziness, dissipation, late mornings—slowed it down.
    — Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 23 July 2026
Definition of cheerfulness
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