cheerful

[ cheer-fuhl ]
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adjective
  1. full of cheer; in good spirits: a cheerful person.

  2. promoting or inducing cheer; pleasant; bright: cheerful surroundings.

  1. characterized by or expressive of good spirits or cheerfulness: cheerful songs.

  2. hearty or ungrudging: cheerful giving.

Origin of cheerful

1
First recorded in 1400–50, cheerful is from the late Middle English word cherfull.See cheer, -ful

Other words for cheerful

Opposites for cheerful

Other words from cheerful

  • cheer·ful·ly, adverb
  • cheer·ful·ness, noun
  • quasi-cheerful, adjective
  • qua·si-cheer·ful·ly, adverb
  • un·cheer·ful, adjective
  • un·cheer·ful·ly, adverb
  • un·cheer·ful·ness, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for cheerful

cheerful

/ (ˈtʃɪəfʊl) /


adjective
  1. having a happy disposition; in good spirits

  2. pleasantly bright; gladdening: a cheerful room

  1. hearty; ungrudging; enthusiastic: cheerful help

Derived forms of cheerful

  • cheerfully, adverb
  • cheerfulness, noun

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