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cheerful

[cheer-fuhl]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

full of cheer; in good spirits.
a cheerful person.
Synonyms: jolly, sunny, buoyant, joyous, joyful, happy, blithe, gay, cheery
Antonyms: miserable
promoting or inducing cheer; pleasant; bright.
cheerful surroundings.
characterized by or expressive of good spirits or cheerfulness.
cheerful songs.
hearty or ungrudging.
cheerful giving.
Synonyms: generous
Antonyms: grudging

cheerful

/ ˈtʃɪəfʊl /

adjective

having a happy disposition; in good spirits
pleasantly bright; gladdening
a cheerful room
hearty; ungrudging; enthusiastic
cheerful help

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Other Word Forms

cheerfully adverb
cheerfulness noun
quasi-cheerful adjective
quasi-cheerfully adverb
uncheerful adjective
uncheerfully adverb
uncheerfulness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of cheerful¹

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

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Example Sentences

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In 1979, Cooper wrote Class: A View from Middle England: a cheerful examination of the intricacies of the system that both holds the country together, and simultaneously divides it.

From BBC

“When I think about things, I kind of convert them into cartoon characters,” explained Shilling in her cheerful, singsong voice.

From Los Angeles Times

The preschoolers were fascinated, looking at their classroom through the lens of an iPad camera, watching animated images pop up as a cheerful voice told them: Feed apples to a pig behind a haystack.

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Away from the cameras he is loose and cheerful, but once the red light blinks, the mood changes.

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By contrast, non-vintage still wine - that made by blending two or more years - is seen as very downmarket, something cheap and not cheerful.

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cheerer-upper cheerio

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