jauntiness
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6.8
- noun
- /ˈdʒɔːntɪnəs/
- The children's laughter and playful antics added a delightful jauntiness to the birthday party.
Examples
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Her jauntiness was evident as she danced through the streets, radiating happiness and energy.
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The jauntiness of the orange scarf she wore like a turban to hide her hairlessness provoked me.
Fiction book (1998) -
Aiming for jauntiness, he said to Janine, "I called my grandfather Zeide, but where would Daniel hear such a word out here?" Janine laughed, showing pretty teeth.
Fiction book (1997) -
And the curiously "off" tone of this section—its dissonant jauntiness—is Bishop's admission that she cannot make this particular "other" into another form of herself.
Academic text (2007) -
For Lang, the late-Victorian turn to French fixed forms, with their allegedly inherent jauntiness, brightened English verse and provided a counteraffect to the gloom of modernity.
Academic text (2017) -
What makes for poetic ambivalence, however, is the disturbing, even obnoxious jauntiness of the speaker as he addresses the suicides: "How did it happen, my poor boy? / You wanted the Tuileries for toy, / And could not, so it broke your heart?" (ll. 38-40).
Academic text (2017) -
With his bright smile and casual attire, he embodied a charming jauntiness that lifted everyone's spirits.
Synonyms
8
9.6
A feeling of great joy and energy about life
7
2.5
Being ready to play and have fun
7
4.6
A strong, lively energy and brightness in people, places, or things
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1.0
A happy mood that makes you smile and helps others feel good
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3.4
A feeling of energy and excitement that makes people active
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6.8
Being lively and full of cheerful energy that makes people notice you
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4.9
A bright, lively look or feeling that shows energy
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6.0
Lively and cheerful in a bright, energetic way that can seem a little too playful
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8.5
A feeling of cheerful, lively energy that people show
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6.0
A cheerful, friendly mood that makes people feel good
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4.8
A cheerful, carefree feeling that makes people relax
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5.6
A quality of being lively and full of energy
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7.5
A cheerful, lively feeling that people show when they enjoy themselves
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2.7
A happy, lively feeling that makes people smile
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5.0
A feeling of lively energy and excitement
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6.0
A lively, cheerful energy that makes people feel happy
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4.8
A cheerful relaxed manner that makes people feel at ease
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8.6
A happy, carefree feeling that makes people cheerful
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7.0
A strong, happy energy that makes someone lively
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9.9
A happy, light feeling that makes people smile and laugh
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6.7
Lively, playful behavior that makes people laugh
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4.4
A happy, lively mood that makes people smile
A cheerful, carefree feeling that makes life seem easier
Playful, lively behaviour that shows happy energy
A cheerful, carefree way of acting that makes people relaxed
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word jauntiness comes from jaunt ('short trip') and the adjective jaunty ('lively' or 'cheerful'). A helpful way to remember it is to picture someone coming back from a quick, fun walk, moving with a bouncy, confident step — that bright, carefree look is jauntiness.