as in merry
indicative of or marked by high spirits or good humor
old friends engaged in jocund teasing
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as in glee
a mood characterized by high spirits and amusement and often accompanied by laughter
the kind of forced jocundity that one finds so often at corporate events
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Recent Examples of jocund
Natasha Gural, Forbes, 29 May 2021
There’s a feeling of joy that comes with walking into Jovanina’s Broken Italian, a jocund eight-month-old eatery that’s part of LoDo’s recent restaurant renaissance.
—Daliah Singer, The Know, 6 Aug. 2019
Adjective
Political Mooovment forces an examination of how consuming dairy and meat harms our planet and potentially our bodies, underscored by a jocund tone.
—Natasha Gural, Forbes, 29 May 2021
There’s a feeling of joy that comes with walking into Jovanina’s Broken Italian, a jocund eight-month-old eatery that’s part of LoDo’s recent restaurant renaissance.
—Daliah Singer, The Know, 6 Aug. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jocund
Adjective
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Sister Mary Guadalupe wears rimless glasses, and her eyes are shaped like a merry jack-o’-lantern’s, flat on the bottom with semicircles on top.—
Lawrence Wright,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
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Women deserve their own places at the top, and if that means more women are founding companies, the more, the merrier.—
Liz Elting,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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What’s causing this mockery and glee at misfortune?—
Callum Booth,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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Another way of positioning this reaction is as an example of schadenfreude, a term used to explain taking glee in someone’s suffering—and that’s a key reason to explaining why some people are reacting to the stock market dip in this way.—
Callum Booth,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Crosby released a number of tunes throughout his career that were made perfectly for the jolliest time of the year, and his wins are still coming his way, even decades after his passing.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes,
27 Dec. 2024
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Instead of its usual jolly cartoons, the channel began broadcasting footage of Russian military parades accompanied by music of the Russian nationalist singer Oleg Gazmanov.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Original price: $29.99 This festive pastel tower of eggs is a standout centerpiece for spring.—
Nora Colomer,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Each rabbit holds a festive springtime flower in a different pose that can be placed together or individually around the home.—
Ali Faccenda,
People.com,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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There were cheers from many corners Monday at the ribbon cutting for the Towneplace Suites by Marriott, a 176-room extended stay hotel that’s definitely a standout building on West San Carlos Street.—
Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
16 Apr. 2025
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When Heupel was the first face to emerge from the buses, he was greeted with a raucous cheer as soon as his white sneakers touched the pavement.—
David Ubben,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The festivities culminate with a traditional cricket match between teams from east and west Bermuda that has all the islanders rooting for one team or another.—
Robb Report Studio,
Robb Report,
9 Apr. 2025
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Sean Manaea, Frankie Montas, Jeff McNeil, Francisco Alvarez, Christian Scott, Paul Blackburn and Drew Smith were all in attendance for the late-week matchup against the Toronto Blue Jays, with the Mets wanting to include the entire team in the festivities.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Jocund.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jocund. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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