jaunty
adjective
, ˈjän-\
Definition of jaunty
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adverb
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noun
Synonyms & Antonyms for jaunty
Synonyms
active, airy, animate, animated, bouncing, brisk, energetic, frisky, gay, jazzy, kinetic, lively, mettlesome, peppy, perky, pert, pizzazzy (or pizazzy), racy, snappy, spanking, sparky, spirited, sprightly, springy, vital, vivacious, zippy
Antonyms
dead, inactive, inanimate, lackadaisical, languid, languishing, languorous, leaden, lifeless, limp, listless, spiritless, vapid
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Meanwhile a cruise director, often spotted wearing a jaunty cheese hat, will escort cruisers aboard the Water Taxi. — Phillip Valys, sun-sentinel.com, "Hop on: Fort Lauderdale Water Taxi’s wine and beer cruises setting sail for happy hour," 12 Aug. 2019 The solution was that the new University of Houston Downtown College would become its own administrative entity and would change its mascot and colors, with the school soon being represented by a jaunty alligator that walked upright. — Danny Hermosillo, Houston Chronicle, "'Allen the alligator' finds new perch at UH Downtown campus," 9 Aug. 2019 Pasek and Paul, in concert with sound designer Nevin Steinberg and an eight-member orchestra conducted by Alex Harrington, provide a jaunty audioscape. — Peter Marks, Washington Post, "Welcome home, ‘Dear Evan Hansen.’ You’re back where you belong.," 8 Aug. 2019 In the August heat, Carter wore a white seersucker jacket and tie with a jaunty pocket square. — Jon Garelick, BostonGlobe.com, "At Newport Jazz Festival, highlights were all over the map, and that’s a good thing," 4 Aug. 2019 The supermodel stepped out in Paris last night with her sunny blonde hair scraped into a jaunty topknot, eyes and lips shaded in swipes of brick red marked by their idiosyncratic application. — Calin Van Paris, Vogue, "Stella Maxwell Puts a Twist on the Makeup Hue of the Moment," 12 July 2019 This is all good fun, but Carroll’s humor and jaunty writing can’t completely camouflage her pain over the damage caused by some of the men in her life. — Washington Post, "We know about E. Jean Carroll’s rape accusation. How is the rest of her book?," 28 June 2019 This is all good fun, but Carroll’s humor and jaunty writing can’t completely camouflage her pain over the damage caused by some of the men in her life. — Sibbie O’sullivan, Houston Chronicle, "We know about E. Jean Carroll’s rape accusation. How is the rest of her book?," 8 July 2019 Any mix of soft herbs can replace some of the parsley; at my house that means a big handful of basil from my jaunty new plant. — Christina Chaey, Bon Appétit, "Forget the House Cocktail, I Have a House Dip," 5 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'jaunty.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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