frabjous

Joyously, fantastically excellent

Frabjous is a nonsense word coined by Lewis Carroll in "Jabberwocky," suggesting something wonderful, fabulous, or joyous: O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!

The word has no fixed meaning but conveys exuberant celebration.

It occasionally appears in playful or literary contexts as a whimsical synonym for delightful.

joyous

delightful

Highly pleasing, wonderful

gleeful · exuberant · rapturous · overjoyed · blissful · euphoric · exhilarated · thrilled · radiant · buoyant

whimsical

jabberwocky

Nonsensical invented language

portmanteau · brillig · slithy · mimsy · playful · fanciful · absurdist · neologism · made-up · linguistic

Opposites
emotional valence/celebration

frabjousdismal

Depressingly dark or dull

miserable · wretched · dreadful · joyless · horrible

lexical status (real vs. invented words)

frabjousjoyous

Extremely glad

wonderful · fabulous · glorious · marvelous · splendid

lexical status (nonce/invented words)

frabjousobnoxious

Extremely disagreeable in manner

mimsy · slithy · brillig

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G