jaunty

adjective

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There are 2 syllables in the word jaunty.

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Definition of jaunty:

jaunty (adjective):: cheerful and energetic; sprightly in manner or appearance lively; marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners.

Synonyms for jaunty:

active

airy

animate

animated

awake

bouncing

breezy

brisk

buoyant

carefree

cheerful

dapper

dashing

energetic

enthusiastic

fashionable

frisky

gay

high-spirited

jazzy

kinetic

lively

mettlesome

natty

peppy

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Antonyms for jaunty:

abiotic

absent

abstracted

aimless

anaemic

anemic

apathetic

august

azoic

blah

bland

bloodless

bored

boring

careless

casual

ceremonious

characterless

clean

cloudy

cold

colorless

colourless

comatose

commonplace

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