Antonyms for convivial

Grammar : Adj

Spell : kuhn-viv-ee-uhl

Phonetic Transcription : kənˈvɪv i əl

Definition of convivial

Origin : 1660s, "pertaining to a feast," from Late Latin convivialis, from Latin convivium "a feast," from convivere "to carouse together," from com- "together" (see com-) + vivere "to live" (see vital). Meaning "sociable" is from 18c. Related: Conviviality.

adj fun-loving

Example sentences :

Be friendly, genial, convivial—what you will—but preserve the tone and bearing of a gentleman.
Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro

Bozzy was a convivial knight-errant in what was called 'Saving the ladies.'
Extract from : « James Boswell » by William Keith Leask

Can I even trust him in hours of convivial abandonment and debauch?
Extract from : « Roland Cashel » by Charles James Lever

Nothing is too strange, nothing too ridiculous, nothing too convivial, nothing too daring for Paddy.
Extract from : « Jack Hinton » by Charles James Lever

Touch-the-button-Nell was singing a comic ditty of a convivial order.
Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service

I have participated in convivial scenes more than once in Boston.
Extract from : « The Young Miner » by Horatio Alger, Jr.

Nothing could move him or entice him away from his convivial employment.
Extract from : « My Studio Neighbors » by William Hamilton Gibson

I suspect him of being an orator of repute at convivial meetings.
Extract from : « A Thin Ghost and Others » by M. R. (Montague Rhodes) James

In familiar or convivial conversation, it does not appear that he excelled.
Extract from : « The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes » by Samuel Johnson

It is a most refreshing, convivial, beautiful object to behold.
Extract from : « Moby Dick; or The Whale » by Herman Melville

Synonyms for convivial

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