Synonyms for jollification
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : jol-uh-fi-key-shuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌdʒɒl ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən |
Top 10 synonyms for jollification Other synonyms for the word jollification
- amusement park
- bacchanal
- badinage
- banter
- big feed
- blast
- blow
- blowout
- boisterousness
- carnival
- carny
- carousal
- carouse
- celebration
- circus
- clambake
- confusion
- conviviality
- debauch
- derision
- drollery
- entertainment
- escapade
- excess
- exposition
- extravaganza
- fair
- feasting
- fest
- festival
- festivity
- fete
- fiesta
- flourish
- frolic
- fun
- gaiety
- gala
- glorification
- grind show
- heyday
- high jinks
- hilarity
- honoring
- hoopla
- horseplay
- howl
- hullabaloo
- jamboree
- jest
- jesting
- joke
- jollification
- jollity
- joviality
- jubilation
- jubilee
- keeping
- kidding
- lark
- laughter
- magnification
- Mardi Gras
- masquerade
- memorialization
- merriment
- merrymaking
- mirth
- mockery
- mummery
- nonsense
- orgy
- party
- picnic
- pleasantry
- potlatch
- practical joke
- ragbag
- raillery
- recognition
- refreshment
- regale
- remembrance
- repast
- reveling
- revelment
- revelry
- romp
- rout
- saturnalia
- scorn
- scream
- sensation
- show
- side show
- sidesplitter
- skylark
- skylarking
- smash
- solemnization
- splash
- spread
- spree
- street fair
- teasing
- tomfoolery
- treat
- trifling
- triumph
- tumult
- uproar
- wassail
- whoop-de-do
- whoopee
- whoopla
- wingding
- wow
Définition of jollification
Origin :- "merrymaking," 1809, American English, from jolly + -fication. Shortened form jolly led to phrase get (one's) jollies "have fun" (1957).
- As in revel : noun celebration, merrymaking
- As in revelry : noun merrymaking
- As in riot : noun very funny happening
- As in sport : noun fun, joking
- As in carnival : noun outdoor celebration
- As in celebration : noun commemoration of occasion, achievement
- As in feast : noun banquet and celebration
- Also, there was nothing in their demeanour that savoured of any spirit of jollification.
- Extract from : « Prairie Flowers » by James B. Hendryx
- By jingo, I think he might say ‘splice the main brace’ now, after all this jollification!
- Extract from : « Crown and Anchor » by John Conroy Hutcheson
- However, I don't expect they very often have a jollification like this.
- Extract from : « Condemned as a Nihilist » by George Alfred Henty
- After the action there followed the usual scene of jollification.
- Extract from : « From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life » by Captain A. T. Mahan
- So we had dinner together that evening, and great was the jollification thereat.
- Extract from : « Under the Red Crescent » by Charles S. Ryan
- Plain ones, loud, awkward ones were married and had a jollification.
- Extract from : « A Little Girl in Old Pittsburg » by Amanda M. Douglas
- For the undevout, Good Friday was a feast day and a day of jollification.
- Extract from : « Dixie After the War » by Myrta Lockett Avary
- When they got back to the hamlet with their seal, there was a jollification.
- Extract from : « Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North » by Fullerton Waldo
- In May there was quite a jollification over the marriage of two mill-hands.
- Extract from : « Hope Mills » by Amanda M. Douglas
- We had our hunt, and our jollification after it, on last Wednesday.
- Extract from : « Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6 » by John Gibson Lockhart
Antonyms for jollification
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