Jaunty 1100 Words You Need Week 12 Day 4

Jaunty 1100 Words You Need

Jaunty 1100 Words You Need

/ˈdʒɔːn.ti/ (adj)

showing that you are happy and confident, upbeat, buoyant, carefree, indifferent, cheerful, cheery, jolly, sprightly, lively, vivacious, merry:

a jaunty grin/step.

This figure also wears black and a top hat, is jaunty, and holds up in one hand another symbol of Baron Samedi, a bunch of leaves. This spirit, with his hat cocked to the side, apparently carried Samedi’s jaunty attitude as well as his clothing.

When he came back his hat was at a jaunty angle and he was smiling.

Antonym: morose, sad, depressed, distressed, melancholy, grim, gloomy, despondent, downbeat

Noun: jauntiness

Adv: jauntily

French: désinvolte

Farsi: شنگول، شاد، جلف

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