jolliness

/'dʤɔlinis/

Thân thiện

The children's jolliness filled the room with laughter.

Definition

Noun: * A state or quality of being cheerful, merry, and full of good humor; the feeling of being jolly.

Usage

• "Jolliness" is an uncountable noun that describes a general atmosphere or personal characteristic of hearty cheerfulness and mirth.
• It is a somewhat formal or literary synonym for "jollity."

Examples

• The jolliness of the holiday party was infectious, making everyone smile.
• Despite the rainy weather, his inherent jolliness never faded.
• The room was filled with the jolliness of old friends reuniting.

Advanced Usage

• "To be brimming with jolliness": To be overflowing with cheerfulness.
  • Grandfather, brimming with jolliness, told stories all evening.

Variants and Related Words

• Jolly (adjective): Cheerful and lively.
  • He was a jolly man with a loud laugh.
• Jollity (noun): Lively and cheerful activity or celebration; a synonym for "jolliness."
  • The feast was a scene of great jollity.

Synonyms

• Cheerfulness
• Merriment
• Joviality
• Gaiety
• Mirth

Antonyms

• Gloom
• Sadness
• Melancholy
• Sullenness

Học thuật

Noun

1. feeling jolly and jovial and full of good humor

Từ đồng nghĩa

• jollity
• joviality