Synonyms for rollicking
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : rol-i-king |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɒl ɪ kɪŋ |
Top 10 synonyms for rollicking Other synonyms for the word rollicking
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for rollicking
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