jollying

The word “jollying” has 3 syllables: jol-ly-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈdʒɒl.i.ɪŋ/


What is synonym and antonym for jollying?

In the thesaurus, “jollying” has 77 synonyms and 12 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for jollying along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for jollying

Antonyms for jollying

  • depressed
  • disagreeable
  • gloomy
  • hateful
  • heavy-hearted
  • mean
  • sad
  • surly
  • unfriendly
  • unhappy
  • unpleasant
  • unsociable

Meanings of jollying

  • verb
    1. To amuse or divert.
  • noun
    1. The act of one who jollies; amusement; diversion.

Example Sentences

  • He spent the evening jollying up his friends with jokes and stories.
  • The party was a hit, with everyone jollying around the dance floor.
  • They were jollying each other to keep the spirits high during the long trip.
  • The comedian was famous for jollying his audience with clever quips.
  • She was jollying the children with a playful game to keep them entertained.

On this page you'll find 89 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to jollying, such as: affable, airy, amiable, amusing, animated, bantering, blithe.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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  • affable
  • airy
  • amiable
  • amusing
  • animated
  • bantering
  • blithe
  • blithesome
  • boisterous
  • boon
  • bouncy
  • bounding
  • buoyant
  • capering
  • carefree
  • carousing
  • carrying on
  • cavorting
  • chaffing
  • cheerful
  • cheery
  • chipper
  • chirpy
  • clowning
  • comic
  • comical
  • companionable
  • conversable
  • convivial
  • cordial
  • curveting
  • curvetting
  • cutting capers
  • cutting up
  • daffy
  • dancing
  • delightful
  • disporting
  • dizzy
  • enjoyable
  • entertaining
  • facetious
  • festal
  • festive
  • fooling around
  • frisking
  • frolicking
  • frolicsome
  • fun-loving
  • funny
  • gamboling
  • gambolling
  • gay
  • glad
  • gladsome
  • gleeful
  • good-natured
  • grooving
  • happy
  • hilarious
  • hopping
  • horsing around
  • humorous
  • jocose
  • jocund
  • jokey
  • jolly
  • jollying
  • joshing
  • jovial
  • joyful
  • joyous
  • joyriding
  • jubilant
  • jumping
  • kiting
  • leaping
  • lighthearted
  • lively
  • loony
  • loping
  • lots of laughs
  • mad
  • merry
  • mirthful
  • nutty
  • off-the-wall
  • perky
  • playful
  • pleasant
  • prancing
  • reveling
  • revelling
  • riotous
  • rip-roaring
  • rocking
  • roistering
  • rollicking
  • romping
  • roughhousing
  • saturnalian
  • skipping
  • skylarking
  • sociable
  • sporting
  • sportive
  • sprightly
  • springing
  • sunny
  • tripping
  • tumbling
  • unconstrained
  • uproarious
  • vivacious
  • wild
  • winsome
  • zappy
  • zingy
  • zippy

bantering

taking the mickey out of

gagging

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