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Synonyms for jovial
ˈdʒoʊ vi əljovial
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
jovial
Synonyms:
jolly, genial, convivialAntonyms:
ungenial, melancholy, unconvivial, saturnine, lugubrious, gloomy
Princeton's WordNet
gay, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthfuladjective
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
"when hearts were young and gay"; "a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company"- Wordsworth; "the jolly crowd at the reunion"; "jolly old Saint Nick"; "a jovial old gentleman"; "have a merry Christmas"; "peals of merry laughter"; "a mirthful laugh"
Synonyms:
spanking, festal, comic, laughable, jocund, festive, brave, rattling, risible, braw, zippy, comical, sunny, funny, lively, gay, cheery, mirthful, merry, amusing, homophile(a), snappy, brisk, alert, jollyAntonyms:
joyless
Editors Contribution
happy
joyous, happy, good natured
the audience was in a jovial mood.
Submitted by rinat on December 19, 2015tolly
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
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#456 | gay | |
#2347 | funny | |
#2450 | alert | |
#4214 | comic | |
#4895 | spanking | |
#6406 | sunny | |
#8581 | merry | |
#9772 | brave | |
#12285 | lively | |
#15287 | jolly | |
#15644 | amusing | |
#17749 | festive | |
#30505 | brisk | |
#36473 | comical | |
#38411 | snappy | |
#41824 | zippy | |
#42698 | laughable | |
#43415 | rattling | |
#45584 | cheery | |
#57508 | genial | |
#69127 | jovial | |
#88287 | convivial | |
#172858 | risible | |
#182943 | festal | |
#199502 | mirthful | |
#220212 | braw | |
#305690 | jocund |
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He was incredibly personable, very giving, very caring, very compassionate. The press painted him with that rough exterior, but for the most part, he was just a regular guy. I remember I had gotten a call that my dad was being taken to a hospital in New York. As you can imagine, I wasn’t in the most jovial mood. Frank was doing his best to cheer me up… I remember I went to the bathroom and when I came out, lo and behold, there’s Frank. He had emptied out a pack of unfiltered Camel cigarettes. He stuck like four cigarettes in each ear, three cigarettes in each nostril. And he had about 12 cigarettes across his lips. And he’s just staring at me like that.
The shy man does have some slight revenge upon society for the torture it inflicts upon him. He is able, to a certain extent, to communicate his misery. He frightens other people as much as they frighten him. He acts like a damper upon the whole room, and the most jovial spirits become, in his presence, depressed and nervous.
This is a man, who publicly was one thing -- he seemed to be a kind of jovial, kooky leader -- these emails obviously uncover the real thoughts of Jon Gruden, i think there are a lot of people wondering -- players, executives of color, many whom I spoke to last night, coaches of color, or just humans -- just wondering if this person is going to get what he deserves.
She was excited and she had a lot on her plate, and she had a lot going on, but she was happy. She was in great spirits, she was the usual jovial Katie.
As things get back to normal, that means jovial and happy conversation, loud conversation, people are still concerned with receiving the germs from the table next to them.
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- مرحاArabic
- jovialCatalan, Valencian
- žoviálníCzech
- jovialDanish
- jovial, fröhlich, heiterGerman
- jovial, alegreSpanish
- شادی آورPersian
- jovialFrench
- उल्लासपूर्णHindi
- vidám, joviálisHungarian
- joyemaIdo
- giovialeItalian
- מִתרוֹנֵןHebrew
- joviaal, gemoedelijkDutch
- jovialNorwegian
- jowialny, wesołyPolish
- jovialPortuguese
- jovialRomanian
- весёлыйRussian
- žovijalanSerbo-Croatian
- gladlyntSwedish
- சௌல்Tamil
- jovialTelugu
- ВеселийUkrainian
- جیوUrdu
- דזשאָוויאַלYiddish
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