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joviality

/d͡ʒoʊviˈælɪti/

joviality noun: the state of being jovial; jollity or conviviality.

Noun

joviality (countable and uncountable, plural jovialities)

  1. The state of being jovial; jollity or conviviality.
    • The Duke […] willingly interposed the pleasures of wit and facetiousnesse with the grave cares of his government, tempering wisely his troubles with Joviality of words and actions […]1651, Fulgenzio Micanzio, The Life of the Most Learned Father Paul, Of the Order of the Servie, translator not credited, London: Humphrey Moseley and Richard Marriot, p. 13
    • I noticed that Mr. Pumblechook in his hospitality appeared to forget that he had made a present of the wine, but took the bottle from Mrs. Joe and had all the credit of handing it about in a gush of joviality.1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, chapter V, in Great Expectations […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, →OCLC

joviality meaning in Hindi and Tamil

joviality in Hindi

joviality
हँसोड़पन hãsoṛpan

joviality in Tamil

பைம்பல், உண்டாட்டம், உண்டாட்டு, நீரோசை

Examples of joviality in a sentence

  • This remark sobered the father’s joviality, and brought his mind to business.1881, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter 10, in The Prince and the Pauper: A Tale for Young People of All Ages...
  • By the joviality of their insults Babbitt knew that he had been taken back to their hearts, and happily he rose.1922, Sinclair Lewis, chapter XXIV, in Babbitt, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Company, →OCLC, section IV:
  • Joviality fled from the table, Shekhar studied his cards.1961, V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas, Vintage International, published 2001, Part Two, Chapter 6:

Synonyms of joviality

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All synonyms of joviality

Forms of joviality

pluraljovialities

Origin of joviality

Borrowed from French jovialité.

Words that rhyme with joviality

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about joviality

What does joviality mean?
Joviality means the state of being jovial; jollity or conviviality.
What is joviality in Hindi?
Joviality in Hindi is हँसोड़पन (hãsoṛpan). See Joviality meaning in Hindi.
How do you use joviality in a sentence?
This remark sobered the father’s joviality, and brought his mind to business.
What part of speech is joviality?
Joviality is a noun.
How do you pronounce joviality?
Joviality is pronounced /d͡ʒoʊviˈælɪti/.
What is the plural of joviality?
The plural of joviality is jovialities.

Words near joviality in the dictionary

  1. Jovens
  2. jovial
  3. jovialist
  4. jovialists
  5. jovialities
  6. joviality
  7. jovialize
  8. jovialized
  9. jovializes
  10. jovializing
  11. joviall

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Adapted from Wiktionary: joviality (page history and authors); हँसोड़पन (Hindi) (page history and authors); joviality (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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