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cheerful
[ cheer-fuhl ]
adjective
- full of cheer; in good spirits:
a cheerful person.
Synonyms: jolly, sunny, buoyant, joyous, joyful, happy, blithe, gay, cheery
Antonyms: miserable
- promoting or inducing cheer; pleasant; bright:
cheerful surroundings.
- characterized by or expressive of good spirits or cheerfulness:
cheerful songs.
- hearty or ungrudging:
cheerful giving.
Synonyms: generous
Antonyms: grudging
cheerful
/ ˈtʃɪəfʊl /
adjective
- having a happy disposition; in good spirits
- pleasantly bright; gladdening
a cheerful room
- hearty; ungrudging; enthusiastic
cheerful help
Derived Forms
- ˈcheerfulness, noun
- ˈcheerfully, adverb
Other Words From
- cheerful·ly adverb
- cheerful·ness noun
- quasi-cheerful adjective
- quasi-cheerful·ly adverb
- un·cheerful adjective
- un·cheerful·ly adverb
- un·cheerful·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
"I believed that if he was in a bright room and had a cheerful life, he would naturally get well."
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".
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.
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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