joviality

Noun

Meaning

The quality or state of being jovial.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

conviviality jollity buoyancy cheer gaiety cheerfulness mirth merriment geniality festivity jolliness lightheartedness mirthfulness good spirits felicity
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Antonyms

blues depression heartache aggravation upset distress
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Hypernyms

sociability gaiety merriment amiability sociableness good humor

Examples

. . . but she took her husband's jokes and joviality as patiently as everything else, considering that men would be so, and viewing the stronger sex in the light of animals whom it had pleased Heaven to make naturally troublesome, like bulls and turkey-cocks. George Eliot

He was a man like any other, tall, thin, black beard and a joviality that always accompanied him. Source: Internet

The joviality of her servers is especially appreciated on the many charter boat parties they cater. Source: Internet

Won well first-up then hit the line into second, both at Gosford, before heading down and just battling behind Joviality. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Joven jovial jovialist jovialize joviall jovially