What are some opposite words for jolly?

Antonyms for jolly
ˈdʒɒl ijol·ly

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English Synonyms and Antonyms2.0 / 1 vote

  1. jolly

    Happy primarily refers to something that comes "by good hap," a chance that brings prosperity, benefit, or success.

    And grasps the skirts of happy chance.

    Tennyson In Memoriam lxiii, st. 2.

    In this sense happy is closely allied to fortunate and lucky. (See FORTUNATE.) Happy has, however, so far diverged from this original sense as to apply to advantages where chance is not recognized, or is even excluded by direct reference to the divine will, when it becomes almost equivalent to blessed.

    Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth.

    Job v, 17.

    Happy is also applied to the ready dexterity or skill by which favorable results (usually in minor matters) are secured, when it becomes a synonym for dexterous, felicitous, and the associated words; as, he has a happy wit; happy at retort (compare CLEVER). In its most frequent present use, happy is applied to the state of one enjoying happiness, or to that by which happiness is expressed; as, a happy heart; a happy face; happy laughter; happy tears (compare synonyms for HAPPINESS). Cheerful applies to the possession or expression of a moderate and tranquil happiness. A cheery word spontaneously gives cheer to others; a cheering word is more distinctly planned to cheer and encourage. Gay applies to an effusive and superficial happiness (often not really worthy of that name) perhaps resulting largely from abundant animal spirits: we speak of gay revelers or a gay horse. A buoyant spirit is, as it were, borne up by joy and hope. A sunny disposition has a constant tranquil brightness that irradiates all who come within its influence.

    Compare synonyms for GRIEF.

    Synonyms:
    blessed, blissful, blithe, blithesome, bright, buoyant, cheerful, cheering, cheery, delighted, delightful, dexterous, felicitous, fortunate, gay, glad, happy, jocund, joyful, joyous, lucky, merry, mirthful, pleased, prosperous, rapturous, rejoiced, rejoicing, smiling, sprightly, successful, sunny

    Preposition:
    A happy event for him; happy at a reply; happy in his home, with his friends, among his children; happy at the discovery, over his success.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. jolly

    Antonyms:
    sad, mournful, joyless, cheerless, unmirthful, lugubrious, morose, gloomy, lean

    Synonyms:
    gay, joyful, gladsome, mirthful, genial, jovial, jubilant, robust, lively, plump, merry

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Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. jollynoun

    a happy party

    Antonyms:
    joyless

    Synonyms:
    jolly boat

  2. jolly boat, jollyadjective

    a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work

    Antonyms:
    joyless

    Synonyms:
    jolly boat

  3. gay, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthfulverb

    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"

    Antonyms:
    joyless

    Synonyms:
    spanking, festal, comic, laughable, jocund, jovial, festive, brave, rattling, risible, braw, zippy, comical, sunny, funny, lively, gay, cheery, mirthful, merry, amusing, homophile(a), snappy, brisk, alert

  4. kid, chaff, jolly, josh, banteradverb

    be silly or tease one another

    "After we relaxed, we just kidded around"

    Antonyms:
    joyless

    Synonyms:
    pull the leg of, banter, chaff, josh, kid

  5. reasonably, moderately, pretty, jolly, somewhat, fairly, middling, passablyadverb

    to a moderately sufficient extent or degree

    "pretty big"; "pretty bad"; "jolly decent of him"; "the shoes are priced reasonably"; "he is fairly clever with computers"

    Antonyms:
    joyless

    Synonyms:
    fair, middling, passably, evenhandedly, fairly, clean, more or less, slightly, moderately, reasonably, pretty, sanely, somewhat, sensibly

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words3.0 / 2 votes

  1. jollyadjective

    Synonyms:
    jovial, vivacious, congenial, convivial, mirthful, sportive, gay, facetious, boon, waggish, jocular, jocose, witty, blithe, sprightly, cheery

  2. jollyverb

    Synonyms:
    make good-natured, joke, jest, cheer, encourage

How to use jolly in a sentence?

  1. Elizabeth Chan:

    It's great to have a' holly jolly Christmas Past,' but that doesn't resonate with me as much as' Celebrate Me Home,' it wasn't until the pandemic, as a pregnant mother trapped with my toddler, as an Asian American in New York City that the theme' celebrate me home' took a different meaning.

  2. Sarah Paulson:

    In fact, when I smoked, my brother used to always tell me that I was a kleptomaniac with all the lighters. But… I just take things. So yeah, I’ve stolen a lot, unconsciously. there was some gum, there was a Jolly Rancher I might have stolen, some Sweet Tarts. My favorite candy in all of time.

  3. Charles Grant:

    There are many reasons to be pessimistic about the campaign, the 'Out' campaign have jolly good arguments superficially... Big business is pathetic and cowardly.

  4. Jolly Joseph:

    She is not even a member of this diocese. She came here after getting married, jolly was not a frequent visitor here, nor did she have anything to do with the activities of Lourdes Matha Church.

  5. Walter Raleigh:

    I wish I loved the Human Race; I wish I loved its silly face; I wish I liked the way it walks; I wish I liked the way it talks; And when I'm introduced to one I wish I thought What Jolly Fun!

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