Synonyms for jollying
Grammar : Adj, verb |
Spell : jol-ee |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒɒl i |
Top 10 synonyms for jollying Other synonyms for the word jollying
- abase
- adulate
- airy
- allure
- animated
- apple polish
- apple-polish
- argue into
- bait
- bamboozle
- banter
- bantering
- be at beck and call
- be obsequious
- be servile
- bear down
- beguile
- beslaver
- blandish
- blithe
- blithesome
- bootlick
- bouncy
- bow
- browbeat
- brownnose
- buddy up
- build up
- bulldoze
- butter
- butter up
- cajole
- caricature
- cartoon
- cater to
- cave in to
- chaff
- chaffing
- charm
- chirpy
- coax
- coerce
- companionable
- con
- constrain
- contemn
- conversable
- cotton
- court
- cower
- cozen
- crawl
- creep
- cringe
- crowd
- curry favor
- daffy
- debase
- deceive
- decoy
- defer
- deflate
- delightful
- deride
- detract
- dis
- disdain
- disparage
- dizzy
- do a number on
- dragoon
- dump on
- dupe
- egg on
- encourage
- enjoyable
- ensnare
- entice
- entrap
- exert influence
- expedite
- expose
- facetious
- fall all over
- fall on one's knees
- fawn
- festal
- festive
- fire up
- flatter
- fleer
- flimflam
- flout
- fool
- frolic
- fun
- gambol
- gay
- get around
- get next to
- gibe
- gird
- glad
- gleeful
- glorify
- go to town on
- goad
- good-natured
- goose
- grovel
- gull
- hand a line
- haze
- hilarious
- hoax
- honey
- honey up
- hoodwink
- hook
- horse around
- humiliate
- humor
- humorous
- hurry
- impel
- induce
- influence
- inspire
- inveigle
- invite
- jape
- jeer
- jest
- jive
- jocose
- jocund
- joke
- jokey
- jolly
- jollying
- josh
- joshing
- jubilant
- key up
- kid
- kid around
- kneel
- knock
- kowtow
- lampoon
- larking
- laugh
- laugh at
- lay it on
- lay it on thick
- lead on
- lean on
- lick boots
- lighthearted
- loony
- lots of laughs
- lout
- lure
- make a fool of
- make a game of
- make a laughing-stock
- make fun of
- make merry
- make sport of
- make up to
- maneuver
- massage
- merry
- mimic
- mirthful
- mislead
- mock
- motivate
- needle
- nutty
- oblige
- off-the-wall
- oil
- overdo it
- overpraise
- overpress
- pan
- pander
- parody
- pay court
- persuade
- play
- play the clown
- play tricks
- play up to
- pleasant
- poke fun
- poke fun at
- pooh-pooh
- pour it on
- praise
- press
- pressure
- pretend
- prod
- pull one's leg
- pun
- push
- push around
- put down
- put on
- put the screws to
- put up to
- quip
- quiz
- rag
- rail at
- railroad
- rally
- raz
- razz
- revel
- rib
- ride
- ridicule
- roast
- rope in
- rub the right way
- run down
- salve
- satirize
- scoff
- scorn
- scout
- scrape
- seduce
- sell
- sell on
- send up
- show up
- slam
- slaver
- sneer
- snow
- soap
- sociable
- soft-soap
- soften
- soften up
- speed
- speed up
- spoof
- sport
- spread it on
- spur
- squeeze
- steamroll
- stoop
- string along
- stroke
- strong-arm
- submit
- suck up to
- sweet talk
- sweet-talk
- sweeten up
- takeoff
- tantalize
- taunt
- tease
- tempt
- toady
- toll
- travesty
- trick
- truckle
- turn on
- twit
- unmask
- urge
- wheedle
- wisecrack
- woo
- work on
- work over
- yield
Définition of jollying
Origin :- c.1300 (late 13c. as a surname), from Old French jolif "festive, merry, amorous, pretty" (12c.) of uncertain origin (cf. Italian giulivo "merry, pleasant").
- Perhaps a Germanic loan-word from a source akin to Old Norse jol "a winter feast" (see yule), or from Latin gaudere "to rejoice," from PIE *gau- "to rejoice" (see joy). For loss of -f, cf. tardy, hasty. Related: Jollily; jolliness.
- As in jovial : adj happy
- As in inveigle : verb entice, manipulate
- As in jest : verb joke
- As in joke : verb kid, tease
- As in kid : verb fool, ridicule
- As in push : verb incite, urge
- As in ridicule : verb make contemptuous fun of something or someone
- As in cajole : verb attempt to coax; flatter
- As in chaff : verb joke, ridicule
- As in sweet-talk : verb flatter
- As in twit : verb ridicule
- As in deride : verb make fun of; insult
- As in fawn : verb ingratiate oneself to; serve
- As in flatter : verb compliment excessively
- I was jollying him along—we were in the trolley, going to Endbury.
- Extract from : « The Squirrel-Cage » by Dorothy Canfield
- Oh, let up with the jollying, and lets hear the news, suggested Phil.
- Extract from : « The Eight-Oared Victors » by Lester Chadwick
- It's no use your wasting my time or me wasting yours in jollying.
- Extract from : « My Life » by Josiah Flynt
- And he gave me a kind of a push, you know, just as if he was jollying me.
- Extract from : « Roy Blakeley, Lost, Strayed or Stolen » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
- I said, Will you stop your jollying and tell us what happened?
- Extract from : « Roy Blakeley's Motor Caravan » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
- Nor was he in the least the jollying, bandying person the younger ladies were familiar with.
- Extract from : « Selina » by George Madden Martin
- Er—I see by the papers you've been jollying the clergy, Mr. Plank.
- Extract from : « The Fighting Chance » by Robert W. Chambers
- He's been jollying me about that cribbing for the last two weeks.
- Extract from : « Calumet 'K' » by Samuel Merwin
- There is really only one way of getting on with them, and that's jollying them.
- Extract from : « The Patient Observer » by Simeon Strunsky
- Of course, Roy knows that; he's only jollying when he calls it a good turn.
- Extract from : « Tom Slade at Temple Camp » by Percy K. Fitzhugh
Antonyms for jollying
- admire
- approve
- be honest
- be serious
- belittle
- build up
- bully
- castigate
- commend
- compliment
- conceal
- condemn
- criticize
- delay
- denounce
- deny
- depressed
- disagreeable
- discourage
- disenchant
- disgust
- dissuade
- fight
- flatter
- force
- free
- gloomy
- hateful
- heavy-hearted
- hide
- hinder
- honor
- ignore
- insult
- irritate
- laud
- leave alone
- let go
- liberate
- mean
- mismatch
- offend
- praise
- prevent
- pull
- refuse
- reject
- release
- repel
- repress
- repulse
- respect
- revere
- sad
- slow
- stop
- suppress
- surly
- turn off
- unfriendly
- unhappy
- unpleasant
- unsociable
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