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cheerful, a.|ˈtʃɪəfʊl|
Forms: 5 cher-, 5–6 chere-, 6 cheare-, 6–7 cheere-, 7–8 chearfull, (-ful, -fulle), cheerfull, 7– cheerful.
[f. cheer n.1 + -ful.]
1. Full of cheer; of good cheer; joyous, gladsome, blithe, lively and in good spirits.
a. of persons, their disposition, looks, etc.
c1400Destr. Troy xvii. 7500 Þen Achilles cherfull, & his choise cosyn. 1535Coverdale Zech. ix. 17 The corne shall make the yonge men chearefull. 1568Bible (Bishops') 2 Cor. ix. 7 God loueth a cheereful [ἱλαρος; Vulg. hilaris] geuer. 1650R. Stapylton Strada's Low. C. Warres vi. 14 Egmont..soone grew cheerefuller then ever. 1660Pepys Diary 13 Oct., I went out..to see Major-general Harrison hanged, drawn, and quartered..he looking as cheerful as any man could do in that condition. 1709Addison Tatler No. 192 ⁋4 A chearful Temper joined with Innocence, will make Beauty attractive. 1856Emerson Eng. Traits viii. Character Wks. (Bohn) II. 57 As compared with the Americans, I think them [English] cheerful and contented.
b. transf. of things.
1548Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. Matt. xvi. 87 Delighted with this cherefull and substanciall profession. 1596Spenser F.Q. i. ii. 1 Chearefull Chaunticlere with his note shrill. 1649Bp. Reynolds Hosea Serm. ii. 89 A full, chearfull, and voluntary action. 1697Dryden Virg. Eclog. v. 90 With chearful Cries the Woods resound. 1726Gay Fables i. xxxi. 14 Nor love, nor honour, wealth, nor pow'r, Can give the heart a chearful hour. 1796Burke Regic. Peace i. Wks. VIII. 77 Our last conversation..was far from chearful. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) V. 7 Cheerful hope and resignation.
2. Cheering, gladdening, animating; bright, enlivening, raising the spirits.
c1460Pol. Rel. & Love P., Love..maketh hem to obeye his ordynance by cherefulle weies. 1559Myrr. Mag., Duke Suffolk v. 4 Fortune..Did smile upon me with a chereful light. 1610G. Fletcher Christ's Vict. i. xli, As when the cheerfull sunne, elamping wide, Glads all the world. a1626Bacon New Atl. 5 The Chambers were handsome and chearful Chambers. 1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. i. (1843) 24/1 He died..of an Apoplexy, after a full and chearful Supper. 1756Burke Subl. & B. Wks. 1842 I. 64 The good effects of more cheerful colours. 1814Wordsw. Excursion ii. 514 Forth we stepped Into the presence of the cheerful light. 1855A. Manning Chelsea Bun-house iv. 71, I don't care if I have a cheerful glass with you to improve our acquaintance. |