Local English word record

jovial

adjective · 1 sense

full of or showing high-spirited merriment- Wordsworth

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Examples

  • when hearts were young and gay
  • a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company
  • the jolly crowd at the reunion
  • jolly old Saint Nick
  • a jovial old gentleman

Word relationships

Synonyms

gay, jocund, jolly, merry, mirthful

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