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All jollying synonyms

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adjective jollying

  • blithe β€” You use blithe to indicate that something is done casually, without serious or careful thought.
  • blithesome β€” cheery; merry
  • bouncy β€” Someone or something that is bouncy is very lively.
  • chaffing β€” good-natured ridicule or teasing; raillery.
  • chirpy β€” If you describe a person or their behaviour as chirpy, you mean they are very cheerful and lively.
  • companionable β€” If you describe a person as companionable, you mean they are friendly and pleasant to be with.
  • conversable β€” easy or pleasant to talk to
  • daffy β€” If you describe a person or thing as daffy, you mean that they are strange or foolish, but in a rather attractive way.
  • delightful β€” If you describe something or someone as delightful, you mean they are very pleasant.
  • dizzy β€” having a sensation of whirling and a tendency to fall; giddy; vertiginous.
  • enjoyable β€” (of an activity or occasion) giving delight or pleasure.
  • facetious β€” not meant to be taken seriously or literally: a facetious remark.
  • festal β€” pertaining to or befitting a feast, festival, holiday, or gala occasion.
  • gay β€” of, relating to, or exhibiting sexual desire or behavior directed toward a person or persons of one's own sex; homosexual: a gay couple. Antonyms: straight.
  • glad β€” feeling joy or pleasure; delighted; pleased: glad about the good news; glad that you are here.
  • gleeful β€” full of exultant joy; merry; delighted.
  • hilarious β€” arousing great merriment; extremely funny: a hilarious story; a hilarious old movie.
  • humorous β€” Archaic. moist; wet.
  • jocose β€” given to or characterized by joking; jesting; humorous; playful: a jocose and amusing manner.
  • jocund β€” cheerful; merry; blithe; glad: a witty and jocund group.
  • jokey β€” lacking in seriousness; frivolous: The editorial had an offensively jokey tone for such an important subject.
  • joshing β€” good-natured banter.
  • jubilant β€” showing great joy, satisfaction, or triumph; rejoicing; exultant: the cheers of the jubilant victors; the jubilant climax of his symphony.
  • larking β€” a merry, carefree adventure; frolic; escapade.
  • loony β€” lunatic; insane.
  • merry β€” full of cheerfulness or gaiety; joyous in disposition or spirit: a merry little man.
  • mirthful β€” joyous; cheerful; jolly; merry: a mirthful laugh.
  • nutty β€” abounding in or producing nuts.
  • off-the-wall β€” markedly unconventional; bizarre; oddball: an unpredictable, off-the-wall personality.

verb jollying

  • deceive β€” If you deceive someone, you make them believe something that is not true, usually in order to get some advantage for yourself.
  • delude β€” If you delude yourself, you let yourself believe that something is true, even though it is not true.
  • dupe β€” duplicate.
  • entice β€” Attract or tempt by offering pleasure or advantage.
  • entrap β€” Catch (someone or something) in or as in a trap.
  • seduce β€” to lead astray, as from duty, rectitude, or the like; corrupt.
  • tantalise β€” to torment with, or as if with, the sight of something desired but out of reach; tease by arousing expectations that are repeatedly disappointed.
  • tantalize β€” to torment with, or as if with, the sight of something desired but out of reach; tease by arousing expectations that are repeatedly disappointed.
  • tempt β€” to entice or allure to do something often regarded as unwise, wrong, or immoral.
  • wheedle β€” to endeavor to influence (a person) by smooth, flattering, or beguiling words or acts: We wheedled him incessantly, but he would not consent.
  • banter β€” Banter is teasing or joking talk that is amusing and friendly.
  • beguile β€” If something beguiles you, you are charmed and attracted by it.
  • blandish β€” to seek to persuade or influence by mild flattery; coax
  • bootlick β€” to seek favour by servile or ingratiating behaviour towards (someone, esp someone in authority); toady
  • con β€” Con is the written abbreviation for constable, when it is part of a policeman's title.
  • crowd β€” A crowd is a large group of people who have gathered together, for example to watch or listen to something interesting, or to protest about something.
  • decoy β€” If you refer to something or someone as a decoy, you mean that they are intended to attract people's attention and deceive them, for example by leading them into a trap or away from a particular place.
  • induce β€” to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind: to induce a person to buy a raffle ticket.
  • influence β€” the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of others: He used family influence to get the contract.
  • inveigle β€” to entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk or inducements (usually followed by into): to inveigle a person into playing bridge.
  • lure β€” anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
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