Antonyms for rollicking

Grammar : Adj

Spell : rol-i-king

Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɒl ɪ kɪŋ

Definition of rollicking

Origin : 1811, present participle adjective from rollick "be jovial in behavior" (though this does not appear in print until 1826), which perhaps is a blend of roll (v.) and frolic (v.).

adj fun-loving, lively

Example sentences :

With that spirit, she will never get the rollicking air for her first act.
Extract from : « The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals » by Ann S. Stephens

They were gone in an instant and in pursuit of them rushed a rollicking lurch of sound.
Extract from : « Erik Dorn » by Ben Hecht

She must have had a bee in her bonnet with all these rollicking children round her.
Extract from : « Prudy Keeping House » by Sophie May

Dark laughed, a rollicking, relieved laugh, and swept her into his arms.
Extract from : « Rebels of the Red Planet » by Charles Louis Fontenay

Along with this rollicking fun he had a vein of deepest melancholy.
Extract from : « The Negro and the Nation » by George S. Merriam

Most of them, even the daughters, were brutal and rollicking too.
Extract from : « Robert Elsmere » by Mrs. Humphry Ward

But what does your smuggler do, miss—your rollicking, dare-devil chap of a smuggler?
Extract from : « The Light of Scarthey » by Egerton Castle

It had sort of a rollicking flavor to it, if you know what I mean.
Extract from : « Back Home » by Eugene Wood

Then her eyes were so full of fun, and her voice had a sort of rollicking sound.
Extract from : « A Little Girl in Old New York » by Amanda Millie Douglas

It is a comfortable, jovial, rollicking expression, if I may say so.
Extract from : « Chasing the Sun » by R.M. Ballantyne

Synonyms for rollicking

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