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Synonyms & Antonyms of jolly
(Entry 1 of 3)
- an especially jolly crowd of well-wishers at their wedding reception
Synonyms for jolly
Words Related to jolly
- 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
Near Antonyms for jolly
- 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
- we always have a jolly time at their seaside cottage
Synonyms for jolly
- agreeable,
- blessed
- (also blest),
- congenial,
- darling,
- delectable,
- delicious,
- delightful,
- delightsome,
- dreamy,
- dulcet,
- enjoyable,
- felicitous,
- good,
- grateful,
- gratifying,
- heavenly,
- luscious,
- nice,
- palatable,
- pleasant,
- pleasing,
- pleasurable,
- pretty,
- satisfying,
- savory
- (also savoury),
- sweet,
- tasty,
- welcome
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Near Antonyms for jolly
- bilious,
- disgusting,
- distasteful,
- obnoxious,
- offensive,
- repellent
- (also repellant),
- repugnant,
- repulsive,
- revulsive,
- unsavory,
- vile,
- yucky
- (also yukky)
- depressing,
- disheartening,
- dismal,
- dreary,
- gloomy,
- heartbreaking,
- heartrending,
- joyless,
- lachrymose,
- sad,
- unhappy
- deplorable,
- doleful,
- dolorous,
- lamentable,
- lugubrious,
- mournful,
- regrettable,
- sorrowful,
- tragic
- (also tragical)
Antonyms for jolly
jolly
adverbSynonyms & Antonyms of jolly (Entry 2 of 3)
- I jolly well agree that you did the right thing
- has become a jolly careful driver since his recent accident
Synonyms for jolly
- achingly,
- almighty,
- archly,
- awful,
- awfully,
- badly,
- beastly,
- blisteringly,
- bone,
- colossally,
- corking,
- cracking,
- damn,
- damned,
- dang,
- deadly,
- desperately,
- eminently,
- enormously,
- especially,
- ever,
- exceedingly
- (also exceeding),
- extra,
- extremely,
- fabulously,
- fantastically,
- far,
- fiercely,
- filthy,
- frightfully,
- full,
- greatly,
- heavily,
- highly,
- hugely,
- immensely,
- incredibly,
- intensely,
- majorly,
- mightily,
- mighty,
- monstrous
- [chiefly dialect],
- mortally,
- most,
- much,
- particularly,
- passing,
- rattling,
- real,
- really,
- right,
- roaring,
- roaringly,
- seriously,
- severely,
- so,
- sore,
- sorely,
- spanking,
- specially,
- stinking,
- such,
- super,
- supremely,
- surpassingly,
- terribly,
- that,
- thumping,
- too,
- unco,
- uncommonly,
- vastly,
- very,
- vitally,
- way,
- whacking,
- wicked,
- wildly
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verbSynonyms of jolly (Entry 3 of 3)
- spent their nights around the campfire good-naturedly jollying and telling scary stories
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