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[ cheer-fuhl ] / ˈtʃɪər fəl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR cheerful ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivefull of cheer; in good spirits: a cheerful person. promoting or inducing cheer; pleasant; bright: cheerful surroundings. characterized by or expressive of good spirits or cheerfulness: cheerful songs. hearty or ungrudging: cheerful giving. Origin of cheerfulFirst recorded in 1400–50, cheerful is from the late Middle English word cherfull.See cheer, -ful SYNONYMS FOR cheerful1 cheery, gay, blithe, happy, joyful, joyous, buoyant, sunny, jolly. 4 generous. SEE SYNONYMS FOR cheerful ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR cheerfulSEE ANTONYMS FOR cheerful ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM cheerfulcheer·ful·ly, adverbcheer·ful·ness, nounquasi-cheerful, adjectivequa·si-cheer·ful·ly, adverb un·cheer·ful, adjectiveun·cheer·ful·ly, adverbun·cheer·ful·ness, noun Words nearby cheerfulCheektowaga, cheeky, cheep, cheer, cheerer-upper, cheerful, cheerio, cheerlead, cheerleader, cheerleading, cheerless Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for cheerful“It beats driving alone,” a cartoon skunk declares in a cheerful 1974 public service announcement encouraging Americans to carpool. Carpooling is poised to make a comeback this fall|Lila MacLellan|September 9, 2020|Quartz They also love Christmas, and are determined to make it cheerful and to give gifts. One Cake to Rule Them All: How Stollen Stole Our Hearts|Molly Hannon|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST A cheerful convict was found dead by his devoted caretaker one morning. A Million Ways to Die in Prison|Daniel Genis|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST Eri Hayward is cheerful, even as she drops verbal bombs that demolish mainstream conceptions about being transgender. Thank God! To the Church, This Transgender Woman Is Just a Skank|Emily Shire|October 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And as with all cheerful, well-intentioned memes, the Challenge has provoked some good old-fashioned political trolling. Ice Bucket Challenge Leads to Political Trolling|Asawin Suebsaeng|August 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST Announcing it in that cheerful way, with her badge and her glasses and her youth. Who Has the Right to Write About War?|Emily Gray Tedrowe|July 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST Sylvia sat beside Bassett at dinner that night, and it was on the whole a cheerful party. A Hoosier Chronicle|Meredith Nicholson With newly awakened courage I now journeyed onward, and got over the rest of the road in the most cheerful disposition of mind. Louis Spohr's Autobiography|Louis Spohr These "little brown men" are industrious, patient, cheerful, obliging. American Missionary, Volume 43, No. 4, April, 1889|Various Not that the chamber was cheerful—far from it, for it was intensely dark,—but our Indian was a practical man. The Walrus Hunters|R.M. Ballantyne So long as the stores were carried in the boats, the Indians had been cheerful and docile, and easy to manage. The Devil-Tree of El Dorado|Frank Aubrey
British Dictionary definitions for cheerful
adjectivehaving a happy disposition; in good spirits pleasantly bright; gladdeninga cheerful room hearty; ungrudging; enthusiasticcheerful help Derived forms of cheerfulcheerfully, adverbcheerfulness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to cheerfulpeppy, bright, effervescent, buoyant, sanguine, jolly, lighthearted, rosy, upbeat, joyful, sunny, pleasant, merry, cheery, jaunty, enthusiastic, good-natured, chipper, perky, animated |