CONVIVIAL Antonyms

• shunning contact with others

• hostile to or disruptive of normal standards of social behavior

• being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress)

• (of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms

• a lavish dance requiring formal attire

• a gown for evening wear

• characteristic of or befitting a person in authority

• represented in simplified or symbolic form

• logically deductive

• refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court

• depressingly dark

• filled with melancholy and despondency

• causing dejection

• unfavorable to life or growth

• not hospitable

• set aside for the use of a particular person or party

• marked by self-restraint and reticence

• concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities

• completely lacking in playfulness

• of great consequence

• causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm

• appealing to the mind

• requiring effort or concentration; complex and not easy to answer or solve

• dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises

• characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions

• not enthusiastic; lacking excitement or ardor

• not easy to understand or use

• not disposed to friendship or friendliness

• not friendly

• very unfavorable to life or growth

• not inclined to society or companionship