jollification

/ˈdʒɒlɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈdʒɒlɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/

ˈdʒɒlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən

Syllables: 5 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Final -tion sounds like shun

ˈdʒɒlɪfɪ - ˈkeɪʃən -> jollification

Myanmar meaning

(dated or joc) ပျော်စရာရွှင်စရာ။ အပျော်အပါး။

Full entry

jolly / 'dʒɒli / adj (-ier , -iest )

၁။ ပျော်ရွှင်သော။ ဝမ်းမြောက်သော။ a jolly crowd/ face.
၂။ (dated or joc infml ) မြူးသော။ ပျော်သော။ a jolly party/ time.
v (pt, pp jollied ) ဖျော်ဖြေသည်။ မြှူသည်။ ချော့သည်။
adv (Brit infml ) တော်တော်။ She’s a jolly good teacher. ❍ She did jolly well in the exams.
❏ jollification / dʒɒlÇfÇ'keÇʃn / n [C,U] (dated or joc ) ပျော်စရာရွှင်စရာ။ အပျော်အပါး။
❏ jollity / 'dʒɒlǝti / n [U] (dated ) ပျော်ရွှင်ခြင်း။
❏ jolly sb along [PHRV ] (infml ) ချော့(ခိုင်း)သည်။ I had to keep jollying them along to get them to finish painting the bathroom.
❏ jolly sth up [PHRV ] စိုစိုပြည်ပြည် ဖြစ်လာစေသည်။ jolly up a party.
❏ jolly well [IDM ] (infml ) (စိတ်ဆိုးကြောင်း ဖော်ပြရန် သုံးသည့်ပုဒ်)။ အဟုတ်ကို။ If you don't come now, you can jolly well walk home.

More examples

Her teacher was a jolly lady.
A jolly conversation

Synonyms

cheerful, happy, fun, jovial, bright, ebullient, cheery, apple polish, argue into, be at beck and call, be obsequious, be servile, beslaver, blithe, blithesome, bon mot, bouncy, buddy up, cajole, carefree, caricatured, cartooning, cater to, cave in to, chaff, chipper, chirpy, convivial, daffy, delightful, deride, dis, dissing, do a number on, do number on, dragoon, dragoons, dump on, enjoyable, entertaining, exert influence, extremely, fall all over, fall on one's knees, fall over, fawn, festive, fire up, flatter, friendly, frolicsome, funnies, funny, gay, get around, get next to, gladsome, gleeful, go to town on, good-humored, goose, hand a line, hazing, hilarious, honey up, honied, hugely, humoring, inveigle, jest, jive, jiving, jocund, joke, jokey, jollies, jollying, joshing, joyful, joyous, jubilant, key up, keyed up, kid, larking, laughing, lay it on, lay it on thick, lay on, lay on thick, laying it on thick, lead on, lean on, leaning on, lick boots, lighthearted, lots of laughs, make a fool of, make a game of, make a laughing-stock, make merry, make sport of, make up to, merry, merrymaking, mirthful, overdo it, overdoing it, overpraise, overpress, pay court, play the clown, play tricks, play up to, playful, pleasant, poke fun, poke fun at, pooh pooh, pour it on, pour on, pull one's leg, pulling one's leg, punning, push, push around, pushing around, put screws to, put the screws to, put to, put up to, ragging, rail at, raz, really, rib tickler, rib-tickler, ridicule, rope in, rub the right way, sell on, send up, snowed, soaping, soft-soap, soft-soaping, soften up, sold on, sped up, speed up, speeded up, speeding up, spoofing, sportive, spread it on, spread on, sprightly, steamroll, strong arm, suck up to

Antonyms

depressed, disagreeable, dull, gloomy, grave, sad, serious, troubled, unamusing, unfunny, unhappy, unpleasant, upset, worried

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