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cheerful

[ cheer-fuhl ]

adjective

  1. full of cheer; in good spirits:

    a cheerful person.

    Synonyms: jolly, sunny, buoyant, joyous, joyful, happy, blithe, gay, cheery

    Antonyms: miserable

  2. promoting or inducing cheer; pleasant; bright:

    cheerful surroundings.

  3. characterized by or expressive of good spirits or cheerfulness:

    cheerful songs.

  4. hearty or ungrudging:

    cheerful giving.

    Synonyms: generous

    Antonyms: grudging



cheerful

/ ˈtʃɪəfʊl /

adjective

  1. having a happy disposition; in good spirits
  2. pleasantly bright; gladdening

    a cheerful room

  3. hearty; ungrudging; enthusiastic

    cheerful help

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈcheerfulness, noun
  • ˈcheerfully, adverb
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Other Words From

  • cheerful·ly adverb
  • cheerful·ness noun
  • quasi-cheerful adjective
  • quasi-cheerful·ly adverb
  • un·cheerful adjective
  • un·cheerful·ly adverb
  • un·cheerful·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cheerful1

First recorded in 1400–50, cheerful is from the late Middle English word cherfull. See cheer, -ful
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Example Sentences

"I believed that if he was in a bright room and had a cheerful life, he would naturally get well."

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The findings said Dr Mosley had a rucksack, a litre of water, a biscuit, a hat and an umbrella with him and was "described as looking energetic and cheerful as he set off".

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This year's card from King Charles and Queen Camilla shows them in a cheerful outdoors image, taken soon after the King had heard that he would be well enough to return to his public duties.

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Otherwise, it was a cheerful outpouring of appreciation for the Dodgers.

I turned out cheerful if not masterful pieces with reckless proliferation: The lumpy pink vase, the thick-bottomed trinket bowl, the loopy cup with uneven seafoam glaze.

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