jovialness
Hearty good cheer
Jovialness is the quality of being jovial—cheerful, good-humored, and warmly sociable.
The word works but sounds slightly awkward; joviality is the more natural noun form: His jovialness put everyone at ease versus His joviality put everyone at ease.
Warm, sociable good cheer
- gregariousnessLove of being social
- affabilityWarm, friendly disposition
- bonhomieGenial, easygoing friendliness
- friendlinessWarm, welcoming disposition
camaraderie · cordiality · amiability · congeniality · approachability · warmth · companionability · hospitality
Humorous, playful manner
- playfulnessLighthearted, frisky spirit
- witClever, inventive humor
- banterPlayful, teasing exchange
- levityLack of seriousness
funniness · drollery · whimsy · teasing · quipping · jest · merriment · mirthfulness
Fluid's upward resistance
- sunninessBright, warm quality
- lightheartednessCheerful lack of worry
- optimismTendency to expect good
- radianceGlowing luminous quality
ebullience · effervescence · vivacity · bubbly · sprightliness · perkiness · jauntiness · brightness
conviviality
Warm, sociable good cheer
- gregariousnessLove of being social
- affabilityWarm, friendly disposition
- bonhomieGenial, easygoing friendliness
friendliness · camaraderie · cordiality · amiability · congeniality · approachability · warmth · companionability · hospitality · chumminess
jocularity
Humorous, playful manner
- playfulnessLighthearted, frisky spirit
- witClever, inventive humor
- banterPlayful, teasing exchange
levity · funniness · drollery · whimsy · teasing · quipping · jest · merriment · mirthfulness · jesting
buoyancy
Fluid's upward resistance
- sunninessBright, warm quality
- lightheartednessCheerful lack of worry
- optimismTendency to expect good
radiance · ebullience · effervescence · vivacity · bubbly · sprightliness · perkiness · jauntiness · brightness · exuberance
festiveness
Quality of being celebratory
- revelryNoisy, lively celebration
- merrymakingLively, cheerful celebration
- gaietyLively, exuberant cheerfulness
jollity · jubilance · cheering · toasting · feasting · partying · high-time · rejoicing · wassailing · frolicking
jovialnesssullenness
Silently resentful ill humor
gloominess · moroseness · melancholy · dourness · glumness
jovialnesssourness
Acidic taste quality
grumpiness · unfriendliness · coldness · aloofness · surliness