Usually means: Pleasure derived from others' discomfort.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word jollies:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. jollies: Merriam-Webster
  2. jollies, jollies: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. jollies: Collins English Dictionary
  4. jollies: Vocabulary.com
  5. Jollies, jollies: Wordnik
  6. jollies: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. jollies: Wiktionary
  8. Jollies, jollies: Dictionary.com
  9. The Jollies: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. jollies: FreeDictionary.org
  11. jollies: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. jollies: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. jollies: Legal dictionary

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. jollies: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. jollies: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. jollies: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (jollies)

▸ noun:  (slang) Kicks; satisfaction; entertainment.
▸ noun:  (slang, often capitalized) The Royal Marines.

Similar:
jollification, joll, kicks, high jinks, jiggler, jamboree, jiggy jiggy, jigglies, jolter, jocularity, more...

Opposite:
sorrow, sadness, misery, unhappiness, depression

Phrases:
get one's jollies, get ones jollies, get your jollies, Hardcore Jollies, more...

Adjectives:
such, own, sexual, more, psychosexual, enough



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Similar:
jollification, joll, kicks, high jinks, jiggler, jamboree, jiggy jiggy, jigglies, jolter, jocularity, more...

Opposite:
sorrow, sadness, misery, unhappiness, depression

Phrases:
get one's jollies, get ones jollies, get your jollies, Hardcore Jollies, more...

Adjectives:
such, own, sexual, more, psychosexual, enough



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