cheerfulizev.
/ˈtʃɪəf(ᵿ)lʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈtʃɪrfəˌlaɪz/ Now rare.
transitive. To cause to be or appear cheerful. Also intransitive.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > make cheerful [verb (transitive)]
to mend a person's cheera1325
raisec1384
cherishc1400
rehetec1400
blithec1440
cheer1440
lightena1450
light?1473
embellish1481
hearten1524
exhilarate1540
laetificate1547
to cheer up1550
lift1572
to do a person's heart good1575
acheera1592
upcheerc1595
cherry1596
relevate1598
encheer1605
brighten1607
buoy1652
undumpisha1661
to lift (up) a person's spirits1711
cheerfulize1781
blithen1824
pearten1827
chirk1843
to chipper up1873
to chirp up188.
to buck up1909
1781 R. F. Greville Diary 1 Sept. (1930) 60 The Valley below the House is cheerfulized by many Villages.
1833 S. Austin Characteristics Goethe II. 257 My journey..has cheerfullized my existence.
1850 T. T. Lynch Memorials Theophilus Trinal xi. 208 The flower-cup wine of comfort giveth..Wine to cheerfulize and cure.
1876 H. Melville Clarel II. iii. vi. 328 'Twas Shaftesbury first assumed your tone, Trying to cheerfulize Christ's moan.
1897 J. S. Curwen Music at Queen's Accession 17 He found music, which cheerfulised the heart.
1931 Bluefield (W. Va.) Daily Tel. 20 Sept. 10/3 (advt.) It will ‘cheerfulize’ your kitchen appearance, and be a continuous joy in the labor and annoyance it banishes.
1983 P. Fussell Class vii. 161 The middle class softens hard facts or cheerfulizes actuality.
Derivatives
ˈcheerfulizing adj.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [adjective] > cheering or suggestive of cheerfulness
comfortative1377
comfortive1377
cheerfula1440
comfortablec1460
cheering1549
sunny1565
sunshine1594
heartsome1596
sprightly1598
livening1605
brightening1642
exhilarating1644
encheering1652
cheery1655
spiriting1671
sunshiny1686
riant1720
sonsy1721
genial1747
cheerfulizing1840
cheer-up1846
enlivening1862
exhilarative1864
exhilarant1866
exhilaratory1871
heartening1895
1840 London Tee-total Mag. Aug. 257/1 This..is likely to render the home of the teetotaler more truly his castle, surrounded by all that is endearing and cheerfulizing.
1850 T. T. Lynch Memorials Theophilus Trinal v. 84 The wines of cheerfullizing pleasure are serviceable.
1887 B. W. Richardson Health Nations I. ii. x. 257 It is ever to be regarded as an important object to contribute the cheerfulising influence and the joy of childhood to the cottage.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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