cheerful
Origin of cheerful
1Other 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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How to use cheerful in a sentence
That cheerful presence also heightens the actual and perceived safety of the streets and residents’ sense of community.
Even COVID can’t stop New York City’s sidewalk Christmas tree vendors | matthewheimer | December 24, 2020 | FortuneIn the digital age, the artist is unfailingly genial, cheerful, relatable.
Art has been brutalized by tech’s giants. How can it survive? | Konstantin Kakaes | December 23, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewOn the other hand, Paige's life, seen only as an indefatigable, wise and funny personal odyssey, is a cheerful tale.
Satchel Paige was one of baseball’s best. It didn’t take an announcement to know that. | Thomas M. Boswell | December 18, 2020 | Washington Post“I was just at the window, being happy and cheerful, and just trying to be as positive as I can be during the pandemic,” said Eddie Aldrete, a 22-year-old Starbucks employee.
It started as a spontaneous pep talk. Then this Starbucks barista became a lifeline for a boy with cancer. | Sydney Page | December 11, 2020 | Washington Post“It beats driving alone,” a cartoon skunk declares in a cheerful 1974 public service announcement encouraging Americans to carpool.
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 | THE DAILY BEASTA cheerful convict was found dead by his devoted caretaker one morning.
“Highly inquisitive, highly playful, always cheerful,” he recalls.
For Next AG, Obama Picks a Quiet Fighter With a Heavy Punch | Michael Daly | November 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTEri 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 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd 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 | THE DAILY BEASTThis gave the house a very cheerful appearance, as if it were constantly on a broad grin.
Davy and The Goblin | Charles E. CarrylYour hangings must be of chintz, of pretty chintz, and you will put a cheerful carpet on the floor.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsBut from the rather dismal salon they passed into a more cheerful room.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsThe cheerful sound of music came from the deck of a big saloon steamer, bearing its crowd of noisy tourists.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsThe cheerful hours of easy labor vary but do not destroy the pursuit of pleasure and of recreation.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen Leacock
British Dictionary definitions for cheerful
/ (ˈtʃɪəfʊl) /
having a happy disposition; in good spirits
pleasantly bright; gladdening: a cheerful room
hearty; ungrudging; enthusiastic: cheerful help
Derived forms of cheerful
- cheerfully, adverb
- cheerfulness, noun
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