Antonyms for larking
| Grammar : Adj, verb |
| Spell : lahrk |
| Phonetic Transcription : lɑrk |
Definition of larking
Origin :- "fun, frolicking," 1813, from present participle of lark (v.); see lark (n.2).
- As in jolly : adj laughing, joyful
- As in jovial : adj happy
- As in merry : adj very happy; festive
- As in mirthful : adj merry
- As in revel : verb take pleasure; celebrate
- As in romp : verb have fun, enjoy oneself
- As in roister : verb revel
- As in fool around : verb waste time
- As in frisk : verb cavort
- As in frolic : verb have fun, make merry
- As in gambol : verb tumble playfully
- As in horse around : verb fool around
- There he was, larking with Miss Harris, but I took no notice of him at all. '
- Extract from : « Australia Revenged » by Boomerang
- The crew, too, had taken it in the spirit of larking––at first.
- Extract from : « Billy Topsail & Company » by Norman Duncan
- They understood perfectly the uncertain temper of "larking" woodsmen.
- Extract from : « The Rainy Day Railroad War » by Holman Day
- In the morning, however, he was up singing and larking round the house.
- Extract from : « Sons and Lovers » by David Herbert Lawrence
- She and the young one have gone off larking, for wild flowers, I believe.
- Extract from : « A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia » by Amanda Minnie Douglas
- I have said that larking met with more than toleration—with sympathy.
- Extract from : « From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life » by Captain A. T. Mahan
- Did you two get larking yesterday and drop the letter on your way to the post?
- Extract from : « Johnny Ludlow, Second Series » by Mrs. Henry Wood
- "Dick and Alec larking again," observed the Commander dryly.
- Extract from : « The Great Airship. » by F. S. Brereton
- We thought it was a cat at first, and then I thought there was no one there, and I was just larking.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Treasure Seekers » by E. Nesbit
- No breaking of rules, no larking, no wearing of civilian dress.
- Extract from : « The Children of Alsace » by Ren Bazin
Synonyms for larking
- affable
- airy
- amiable
- amusing
- animated
- bantering
- bask
- blithe
- blithesome
- blow off steam
- boisterous
- boon
- bounce
- bouncy
- bound
- buoyant
- caper
- carefree
- carouse
- carry on
- cavort
- celebrate
- chaffing
- cheerful
- cheery
- chipper
- chirpy
- comic
- comical
- companionable
- conversable
- convivial
- cordial
- crow
- cut
- cut a caper
- cut capers
- cut loose
- cut up
- daffy
- dance
- dawdle
- delight
- delightful
- dizzy
- enjoy
- enjoyable
- entertaining
- facetious
- festal
- festive
- fool around
- frisk
- frolic
- frolicsome
- fun-loving
- funny
- gambol
- gay
- glad
- gladsome
- gleeful
- gloat
- go on a spree
- go on a tear
- go on the town
- good-natured
- grooving
- hang around
- happy
- hilarious
- hop
- horse around
- humorous
- idle
- indulge
- jocose
- jocund
- jokey
- jolly
- jollying
- joshing
- jovial
- joyful
- joyous
- jubilant
- jump
- jumping
- kibitz around
- kick over the traces
- kick up heels
- kick up one's heels
- kid around
- kill time
- lap up
- lark
- larking
- leap
- let go
- let loose
- lighthearted
- live it up
- lively
- loony
- lots of laughs
- luxuriate
- mad
- make merry
- make whoopee
- merry
- mess around
- mirthful
- monkey around
- nutty
- off-the-wall
- paint the town
- paint the town red
- perky
- play
- play around
- playful
- pleasant
- prance
- raise hell
- rejoice
- relish
- revel
- riot
- riotous
- rip-roaring
- rocking
- roister
- roll
- rollic
- rollick
- rollicking
- romp
- roughhouse
- run around
- saturnalian
- savor
- skip
- skylark
- sociable
- sport
- sportive
- spree
- sprightly
- spring
- step out
- sunny
- thrive
- trip
- unconstrained
- uproarious
- vivacious
- wallow
- whoop it up
- wild
- winsome
- zappy
- zingy
- zippy
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