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jovial
Synonyms and Antonyms of jovial
indicative of or marked by high spirits or good humor
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
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
Synonym Discussion of jovial
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- a merry group of revelers
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- arrived late in his usual blithe way
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- singing, dancing, and jocund feasting
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- dinner put them in a jovial mood
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- our jolly host enlivened the party
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