cheeryadj.

Brit.

/ˈtʃɪəri/, U.S.

/ˈtʃɪri/

Forms: see cheer n.¹ and -y suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: cheer n.¹, -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < cheer n.¹ + -y suffix¹. Compare cheerful adj.Use of this word was sometimes deprecated in the 18th cent.; compare:1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Cheery, Gay; sprightly; having the power to make gay; a ludicrous word.The word is attested in senses that are found also for cheerful adj., although (from at least the 19th cent.) it is typically used in more colloquial contexts.

1. Cheerful, merry, happy; esp. jovial or lively in appearance or behaviour.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [adjective]

blithe971

gladOE

blithemod1065

jollya1350

well begonea1425

well-cheered1435

hearty1440

cheery1448

cheerfula1477

chereful1486

unsweera1500

cheerly1565

riant1567

hilaire1575

light-spirited1581

undistempered1589

comfortablea1593

well-humoured1600

good-humoured1604

rident1609

hoddy1664

chicket1682

mellow1711

blithesome1724

in spirits1747

winsome1787

hilarious1823

resilient1830

blithe-hearted1848

cheero1903

bucked1907

cheerio1918

1448 in S. A. Moore Lett. & Papers J. Shillingford (1871) i. 61 (MED) He was a passynge gladde man, chery, hardely.

1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Pistles in tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. H.iiij^v Euil versefyers mocked be, yet haue they to theire ioy, Whilste theye indite, and reade theire toyes, moste chearie, and moste coy.

1581 R. Mulcaster Positions ix. 55 To be sent awaie with a cutting checke: or to be bid tarie, with a cheary contenaunce.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Lie To say a thing with a merrie countenance, cheerie visage, looke full of glee.

1664 S. Pepys Diary 5 Apr. (1971) V. 111 I find him pretty cheery over he was yesterday.

a1701 C. Sedley Toper in Wks. (1722) II. 27 Let's tope and be merry, Be jolly and cheery.

1767 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IX. ii. 8 The Corporal with cheary eye.

1819 W. Irving Rip Van Winkle in Sketch Bk. i. 91 She had..a stout cheery farmer for a husband.

1869 A. Trollope He knew he was Right I. xxvi. 202 Endeavouring to speak..in a cheery voice.

1875 Mrs. Randolph Wild Hyacinth I. 95 You will be in a cheerier mood to-morrow.

1905 Athenæum 5 Aug. 173/3 A dozen cheery Austrian or Swabian tourists.

1964 N. Austral. Monthly Dec. 8 We..swapped any news..and with a cheery ‘Too-roo’ we were off again.

1994 Sunday Times 6 Mar. iii. 14/6 The mood on Wall Street is no cheerier.

2003 Irish Times 20 Dec. b5/7 Louis Saha bounds in with a handshake as warm as his cheery smile.

2. Conducive to happiness, contentment, or good spirits; cheering; = cheerful adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

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

1655 R. Fanshawe tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad i. l. 11 They ask (and still the cheerie Bowle goes round) In the Arabick-language, Whence The Fleet?

1714 J. Gay Shepherd's Week v. 9 Come, let us hye, and quaff a cheery Bowl.

a1796 R. Burns in G. Thomson Select Coll. Sc. Airs for Voice (1799) iv. 79 How cheery, thro' her shortening day, Is autumn in her weeds o' yellow.

1863 D. G. Mitchell My Farm of Edgewood ii. 92 The memory of a cheery, sunlit home-room, with its pictures on the wall, and its flame upon the hearth.

a1871 T. Carlyle in J. W. Carlyle Lett. & Memorials (1883) III. 175 She was..a kind of cheery sunshine in those otherwise Egyptian days.

1937 Amer. Home Apr. 77/2 The manufacturers..have a handy little booklet of cheery red and white labels for your..jams and jellies.

1976 Evening Post (Nottingham) 15 Dec. 15/4 (advt.) Cheery bright house, ideal for first timers.

2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 3 July viii. 7/1 There might be..cheery colorful plants next to landing areas.

Compounds

C1. Parasynthetic, as cheery-faced, cheery-hearted, cheery-voiced, etc.

ΚΠ

1767 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IX. vii. 28 Being, as I have told your honour, an open, cheary hearted lad,..he took a chair,..placed it close to her at the table, and sat down.

1848 E. C. Gaskell Mary Barton II. iii. 49 Her father was a cheery-hearted man.

1867 M. A. Livermore in J. C. B. Hoge Boys in Blue 317 I met a cheery-faced lad, dressed in the army uniform.

1877 ‘Mrs. Forrester’ Mignon I. 2 There is one pleasant-faced, cheery mannered Divine.

a1892 J. G. Whittier Poet. Wks. (1898) 55/2 I can see his sickle gleaming, Cheery-voiced, can hear him teaming.

1913 J. Masefield Daffodil Fields 68 The wren upon the tree-stump carolled cheery-voiced.

1943 Washington Post 25 Nov. 22 Let us hail the approach of a cheery-spirited Christmas.

2007 Bayside (Austral.) Advertiser (Nexis) 26 Feb. 8 There's no doubting this cheery-eyed man could break into song at any moment.

C2. Complementary, as cheery-looking, cheery-sounding.

ΚΠ

1831 J. Banim Smuggler III. 67 Boulogne, the most cheery-looking, if not the gayest town—of its size (nay, make no exception)—from itself to Paris.

1856 Harper's New Monthly Mag. Nov. 855/1 The maid..has left it at our door with the delicatest tap, and a cheery sounding, ‘Please, Sir, 'ot water, Sir.’

1878 A. Brassey Voy. Sunbeam ix. 148 Cheery looking little dogs,..barking vigorously.

1954 J. R. R. Tolkien Fellowship of Ring i. ix. 165 A cheery-looking hobbit.

2009 J. N. Brown & A. Swain Prof. Recruiter's Handbk. vi. 124 Don't leave a cheery-sounding message only for them to call back to bad news.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	cheery
释义	cheeryadj. Brit. /ˈtʃɪəri/, U.S. /ˈtʃɪri/ Forms: see cheer n.¹ and -y suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: cheer n.¹, -y suffix¹. Etymology: < cheer n.¹ + -y suffix¹. Compare cheerful adj.Use of this word was sometimes deprecated in the 18th cent.; compare:1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Cheery, Gay; sprightly; having the power to make gay; a ludicrous word.The word is attested in senses that are found also for cheerful adj., although (from at least the 19th cent.) it is typically used in more colloquial contexts. 1. Cheerful, merry, happy; esp. jovial or lively in appearance or behaviour. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [adjective] blithe971 gladOE blithemod1065 jollya1350 well begonea1425 well-cheered1435 hearty1440 cheery1448 cheerfula1477 chereful1486 unsweera1500 cheerly1565 riant1567 hilaire1575 light-spirited1581 undistempered1589 comfortablea1593 well-humoured1600 good-humoured1604 rident1609 hoddy1664 chicket1682 mellow1711 blithesome1724 in spirits1747 winsome1787 hilarious1823 resilient1830 blithe-hearted1848 cheero1903 bucked1907 cheerio1918 1448 in S. A. Moore Lett. & Papers J. Shillingford (1871) i. 61 (MED) He was a passynge gladde man, chery, hardely. 1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Pistles in tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. H.iiij^v Euil versefyers mocked be, yet haue they to theire ioy, Whilste theye indite, and reade theire toyes, moste chearie, and moste coy. 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions ix. 55 To be sent awaie with a cutting checke: or to be bid tarie, with a cheary contenaunce. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Lie To say a thing with a merrie countenance, cheerie visage, looke full of glee. 1664 S. Pepys Diary 5 Apr. (1971) V. 111 I find him pretty cheery over he was yesterday. a1701 C. Sedley Toper in Wks. (1722) II. 27 Let's tope and be merry, Be jolly and cheery. 1767 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IX. ii. 8 The Corporal with cheary eye. 1819 W. Irving Rip Van Winkle in Sketch Bk. i. 91 She had..a stout cheery farmer for a husband. 1869 A. Trollope He knew he was Right I. xxvi. 202 Endeavouring to speak..in a cheery voice. 1875 Mrs. Randolph Wild Hyacinth I. 95 You will be in a cheerier mood to-morrow. 1905 Athenæum 5 Aug. 173/3 A dozen cheery Austrian or Swabian tourists. 1964 N. Austral. Monthly Dec. 8 We..swapped any news..and with a cheery ‘Too-roo’ we were off again. 1994 Sunday Times 6 Mar. iii. 14/6 The mood on Wall Street is no cheerier. 2003 Irish Times 20 Dec. b5/7 Louis Saha bounds in with a handshake as warm as his cheery smile. 2. Conducive to happiness, contentment, or good spirits; cheering; = cheerful adj. 1. ΘΚΠ 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 1655 R. Fanshawe tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad i. l. 11 They ask (and still the cheerie Bowle goes round) In the Arabick-language, Whence The Fleet? 1714 J. Gay Shepherd's Week v. 9 Come, let us hye, and quaff a cheery Bowl. a1796 R. Burns in G. Thomson Select Coll. Sc. Airs for Voice (1799) iv. 79 How cheery, thro' her shortening day, Is autumn in her weeds o' yellow. 1863 D. G. Mitchell My Farm of Edgewood ii. 92 The memory of a cheery, sunlit home-room, with its pictures on the wall, and its flame upon the hearth. a1871 T. Carlyle in J. W. Carlyle Lett. & Memorials (1883) III. 175 She was..a kind of cheery sunshine in those otherwise Egyptian days. 1937 Amer. Home Apr. 77/2 The manufacturers..have a handy little booklet of cheery red and white labels for your..jams and jellies. 1976 Evening Post (Nottingham) 15 Dec. 15/4 (advt.) Cheery bright house, ideal for first timers. 2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 3 July viii. 7/1 There might be..cheery colorful plants next to landing areas. Compounds C1. Parasynthetic, as cheery-faced, cheery-hearted, cheery-voiced, etc. ΚΠ 1767 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IX. vii. 28 Being, as I have told your honour, an open, cheary hearted lad,..he took a chair,..placed it close to her at the table, and sat down. 1848 E. C. Gaskell Mary Barton II. iii. 49 Her father was a cheery-hearted man. 1867 M. A. Livermore in J. C. B. Hoge Boys in Blue 317 I met a cheery-faced lad, dressed in the army uniform. 1877 ‘Mrs. Forrester’ Mignon I. 2 There is one pleasant-faced, cheery mannered Divine. a1892 J. G. Whittier Poet. Wks. (1898) 55/2 I can see his sickle gleaming, Cheery-voiced, can hear him teaming. 1913 J. Masefield Daffodil Fields 68 The wren upon the tree-stump carolled cheery-voiced. 1943 Washington Post 25 Nov. 22 Let us hail the approach of a cheery-spirited Christmas. 2007 Bayside (Austral.) Advertiser (Nexis) 26 Feb. 8 There's no doubting this cheery-eyed man could break into song at any moment. C2. Complementary, as cheery-looking, cheery-sounding. ΚΠ 1831 J. Banim Smuggler III. 67 Boulogne, the most cheery-looking, if not the gayest town—of its size (nay, make no exception)—from itself to Paris. 1856 Harper's New Monthly Mag. Nov. 855/1 The maid..has left it at our door with the delicatest tap, and a cheery sounding, ‘Please, Sir, 'ot water, Sir.’ 1878 A. Brassey Voy. Sunbeam ix. 148 Cheery looking little dogs,..barking vigorously. 1954 J. R. R. Tolkien Fellowship of Ring i. ix. 165 A cheery-looking hobbit. 2009 J. N. Brown & A. Swain Prof. Recruiter's Handbk. vi. 124 Don't leave a cheery-sounding message only for them to call back to bad news. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1448
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