Jolly Up (Verb)
Meaning
Cause (somebody) to feel happier or more cheerful; "She tried to cheer up the disappointed child when he failed to win the spelling bee".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- The patient smiled as the clown came to jolly up the kids in the hospital ward.
- Seeing her friends at the party helped to jolly her up after a long, difficult week.
- The comedy show was an attempt to jolly up the depressed mood of the community after the disaster.
- After losing his job, his family tried to jolly him up by taking him out to his favorite restaurant.
- The nurse's kind words managed to jolly up the young girl who was scared of the upcoming surgery.